191201-N-VI910-1077 MANAMA, Bahrain (Dec. 1, 2019) Airman Karissa Kline, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), tutors children at the Department of Defense Education Activity as part of a community relations (COMREL) event during a port visit to Manama, Bahrain. 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 Sea and the Pacific Ocean 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 Seaman Apprentice Javier Reyes/Released)