FOSTER: The battle against ISIS is taking place on the ground and in the air. A crucial aspect of the fight is centered not far from here, in fact, on the waters of the Gulf. US aircraft carriers play a key role in the airstrikes against militants in Syria and Iraq. And in tonight's Parting Shots, here's a flavor of life on board as seen through the eyes of the crew on the flight deck.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, a normal day, when we come up, when we're about to load aircraft, what we do is we come over to the bomb form over here and we check out ordnance. It's always very fast-paced, with never a slow moment for us. We're constantly coming here, grab it, go, load it, come back, grab it, load it. Aircraft come back, unload it, get more and load it. Right there, that's what they're doing right now, they're checking out the ordnance to go load it on their aircraft right there.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You get off working 12 hours, we need to get some downtime. What I do is, I go to the gym. I like to work out. I've got to stay fit to Navy standard. That and my job requires us to be fit. And then also sometimes it's nice just to go sit down in some AC, down in the galley area. It's nice and cool down there, so, that's another thing I like to do.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right now, they'll be ready to go take off on flight schedule. It'll be the next event. What we do before it takes off, we make sure it's safe for flight. We just walk it over, make sure your weapons are good. Make sure that they're going to do what they were put on here to do.</s>BECKY ANDERSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: What is that put on to do?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Protect the country.</s>FOSTER: I'm Max Foster, that was CONNECT THE WORLD. Thank you very much, indeed, for watching.
Parting Shots: Aircraft Carrier in Action