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ATLANTIC OCEAN

04.12.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amber Smalley 

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)   

190412-N-GD018-1110
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 12, 2019) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class Thomas Juarez, from Salt Lake City, Utah, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), takes a fuel sample during a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Abraham Lincoln is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. 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); as well as Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F 104). (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/Released)

• Date Taken: 04.12.2019
• Date Posted: 12.31.2019 22:14
• Photo ID: 6008771
• VIRIN: 190412-N-GD018-1110
• Resolution: 3176x4749
• Size: 5.16 MB
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN