200101-N-BM428-0040 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 1, 2020) Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Logan Buehner fires a messenger line from the flight deck of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) to the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) during a refueling at sea. Gabrielle Giffords is on a rotational deployment to INDOPACOM, conducting operations, exercises and port visits throughout the region and working hull-to-hull with allied and partner navies to provide maritime security and stability, key pillars of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Damon Grosvenor/Released)