An aircraft director guides the pilot of an E/A-6B Prowler assigned to the “Gauntlets” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 136 to a catapult aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk is more than three months into her summer deployment from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kyle D. Gahlau)