Slidell Native Serves aboard USS Chung-Hoon in the Arabian Sea

U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Will Verdun, from Slidell, Louisiana, (pictured below) directs traffic aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 9, 2018.

The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan C. Kellums)