About 7,000 sailors of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group 10 departed Naval Station Norfolk Wednesday, bound for the Middle East to join the mounting effort to destroy ISIS.

Mark D. Faram is a former reporter for Navy Times. He was a senior writer covering personnel, cultural and historical issues. A nine-year active duty Navy veteran, Faram served from 1978 to 1987 as a Navy Diver and photographer.

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