190422-N-FB291-1046 [Image 6 of 39]

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

04.22.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Garrett Labarge 

U.S. Navy           

190422-N-FB291-1046
MEDITERANIAN SEA (April 22, 2019) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 carries supplies from the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) to the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea. Abraham Lincoln is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th, U.S. 6th, and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of operation. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7; as well as the Spanish navy Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate ESPS Mendez Nunez (F 104) (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Garrett LaBarge/Released)

• Date Taken: 04.22.2019
• Date Posted: 04.24.2019 00:26
• Photo ID: 5291855
• VIRIN: 190422-N-FB291-1046
• Resolution: 5472x2810
• Size: 810.72 KB
• Location: MEDITERRANEAN SEA