190409-N-DS741-0243 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 9, 2019) Sailors assigned the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) participate in a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Leyte Gulf 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 (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7; as well as the Spanish navy Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Mendez Nuñez (F 104). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zachary Pearson/Released)