steven beasley was on board the ship in the mediterranean and said, as this report, the constant wine of jet engines, day and night aboard this carrier, the u. s. s. harry s. truman launches f. 18 super hornets. like these daily to patrol nato's eastern flank for stray russian jets, they refueled the sky with nato partners and remain on station for hours under nato command. it's a level coordination. the alliance has been practicing for decades to day with added urgency. ah, below decks, the pressure is always high. now the chance of an encounter with russian aircraft added to it. yes, it's in the back of our mind, but i think that the level of training we've gotten in our expectations relative to our rules of engagement, such that we're in a position to, to really deal with whatever comes with the truman is more than air power. it's accompanied by missile carrying destroyers, almost certainly a submarine, thousands of sailors work to keep operations going. they've been at sea for months, and no one knows how long the deployment will last. carriers like the truman or classic symbol of