190323-N-ER806-1015 ARABIAN GULF (March 23, 2019)Personnel Specialist Seaman Devin Coleman, from Jacksonville, Florida, stands watch as a phone talker as the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) prepares to conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) in the Arabian Gulf, March 23, 2019. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nick Bauer/Released)