191221-N-BM428-0025 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Dec. 21, 2019) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth Homer, left, signals to the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) during an underway replenishment aboard the Independence-variant USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10). Gabrielle Giffords is on a rotational deployment to INDOPACOM, conducting operations, exercises and port visits throughout the region and working hull-to-hull with allied and partner navies to provide maritime security and stability, key pillars of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Damon Grosvenor/Released)