191228-N-PY805-1007 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Dec. 28, 2019) Sailors aboard the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) prepare to attached cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 during a vertical replenishment aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship 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 Nicholas J. Beihl/Released)