190429-N-MM912-2193 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 29, 2019) The fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) practices an emergency break-away with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) after a replenishment-at-sea. Abraham Lincoln is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet, 6th Fleet and 7th Fleet areas of operations. 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 Àlvaro de Bazàn-class frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F 104). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Singley/Released)