200227-N-PI330-0240 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 27, 2020) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Alejandro Quintana, left, from El Paso, Texas, and Seaman Jared Perez, from Lancaster, California, connect a cargo hook to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). Vella Gulf is conducting operations in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Strike Group. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Waters/Released)