190426-N-FB291-1035 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 26, 2019) Interior Communications Specialist Seaman Laura Ezzel, from Albuquerque, N.M., conducts maintenance on a sound-powered phone in the sponson of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), April 26, 2019 in the Mediterranean Sea. Abraham Lincoln is deployed 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 Nunez (F 104). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Garrett LaBarge/Released)