USS Lassen 2019-2020 Deployment
191024-N-RJ834-0021 MUSCAT, OMAN (Oct. 24, 2019) Sailors stand watch in the pilothouse aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) while pulling into Muscat, Oman for a scheduled port visit. 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)