Keywords: US Navy 120125-N-DR144-077 Pilot Lt. Ashley Ruic, left, Plane Commander Lt. Cmdr. Tara Refo, and Radar Operator Lt. j.g. Ashley Ellison, all assign.jpg en ARABIAN SEA Jan 25 2012 Pilot Lt Ashley Ruic left Plane Commander Lt Cmdr Tara Refo and Radar Operator Lt j g Ashley Ellison all assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron VAW 125 dress out in the squadron's ready room before joining two other VAW-125 officers in flying the first all-female-crewed combat mission in an E-2C Hawkeye aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing CVW 17 are deployed to the U S 5th Fleet area of responsibility U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R Evans/Released 2012-01-25 120125-N-DR144-077 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 114056 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R Evans PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 Women in the United States Navy |