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190714-N-NN369-1041
ARABIAN SEA (July 14, 2019) Sailors greet Cmdr. Martin Fentress, executive officer of the "Bluetails" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121, as he lands in an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Fentress will take over as commanding officer of VAW-121 in a change of command ceremony, July 18, 2019. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Paulauskas/Released)
| Date Taken: | 07.14.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 07.20.2019 14:04 |
| Photo ID: | 5597739 |
| VIRIN: | 190714-N-NN369-1041 |
| Resolution: | 5136x3430 |
| Size: | 1.06 MB |
| Location: | ARABIAN SEA |
| Web Views: | 88 |
| Downloads: | 7 |
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