Several years ago, I spent a day and a night as a guest aboard the carrier Eisenhower off Norfolk while it was being used for carrier qualifications by F-18 Hornet pilots. Day landings were straight forward, with few bolters, fewer waveoffs, and an occasional desultory call by the Landing Signal Officer for "power". Night landings were entirely different. Frequent waveoffs and bolters, and often the call for "Power, Power!, POWER!!" After one of these, the LSO went so far as to call the pilot on his downwind and say, "When I say Power, you add Power. Don't second-guess me. Do it again and I'm sending you to the beach."
If you click on the picture*, you should be able to read the warning on the ramp...
*USN 090415-N-7241L-239 by Specialist second class Nathan Laird
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