USS Lassen 2019-2020 Deployment
191017-N-RJ834-0265 GULF OF ADEN (Oct. 17, 2019) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) heave line during a replenishment-at-sea with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fast fleet tanker RFA Wave Knight (A389), not pictured. Lassen is part of the East Coast Surface Action Group and is operating in 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 Paci�?c through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tamara Vaughn/Released)