Daily operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). [Image 23 of 26]

NORWAY

05.24.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Garrett Labarge 

U.S. Navy           

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ARABIAN SEA (May 24, 2019) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Ressie Bates, from Shreveport, La., stands aft lookout watch on the fantail aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) 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 (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Garrett LaBarge/Released)

• Date Taken: 05.24.2019
• Date Posted: 05.29.2019 00:43
• Photo ID: 5408381
• VIRIN: 190524-N-FB291-1137
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