190914-N-PW030-1001 ARABIAN SEA (Sept. 14, 2019) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Devon Wolff stands by a .50-caliber machine gun as an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the "Griffins" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79 flies by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) before a live-fire exercise. The Abraham Lincoln 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. 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tristan Kyle Labuguen/Released)