USS George Washington participates UNITAS 2015

151119-N-JY875-137 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2015) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Jared Moore sands a propeller blade of an E-2C Hawkeye from the "Black Eagles" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113 in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). UNITAS 2015, the U.S. Navy's longest running annual multinational maritime exercise, is part of the Southern Seas deployment planned by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet. This iteration of UNITAS is conducted in two phases: UNITAS Pacific, hosted by Chile in October 2015 and UNITAS Atlantic hosted by Brazil in November. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jaime Marcial/Released)