190402-N-CE483-1194 NORFOLK (April 2, 2019) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (handling) 3rd Class Carl Cope inspects sprinkler valves on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a test of the countermeasure wash down system. Abraham Lincoln is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7); as well as Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F 104). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Catie Coyle/Released)