Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Mary A. Strokus, daughter of Callie and Phillip Strokus of Roanoke, Va.,  recently completed a 24-day underway  along with fellow Sailors from the  aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

For the first time in almost two years, Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW) Sailors and Marines embarked onboard Truman prior to this underway period to prepare for the Strike Group’s upcoming deployment.

The carrier’s underway consisted of seamless teamwork between Truman’s air department Sailors and CVW-3 as they conducted drills that simulated aircraft crashes and fires, barricade drills and mass casualty drills on the flight deck.

In total, CVW-3 pilots completed more than 1, 300 launches and recoveries even as Truman Sailors and CVW-3 personnel participated in a multitude of shipboard training scenarios, both on the flight deck and in the hangar bay.

After disembarking, CVW-3 is scheduled to conduct advanced tactical training in Fallon, Nev., until mid-December. Truman is scheduled to continue training in preparation for an upcoming composite training unit exercise. Strokus is a 2010 graduate of Hidden Valley High School of Roanoke, Va. and joined the Navy in December 2011.

Submitted by Fleet Hometown News Center