190422-N-GD018-1086 [Image 30 of 39]

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

04.22.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amber Smalley 

U.S. Navy           

190422-N-GD018-1086
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 22, 2019) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 transports cargo to the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Abraham Lincoln is deployed as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group 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 Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Mendez Nunez (F 104). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/Released)

• Date Taken: 04.22.2019
• Date Posted: 04.24.2019 00:35
• Photo ID: 5291954
• VIRIN: 190422-N-GD018-1086
• Resolution: 5408x3176
• Size: 709.19 KB
• Location: MEDITERRANEAN SEA