190312-N-UI104-0293 INDIAN OCEAN (March 12, 2019) Sailors secure a messenger line to a gullwing strongback aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) before sending it back to the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) during a replenishment-at-sea. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Bryan Niegel/Released)