181026-N-GC639-1072 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 26, 2018) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) maintain tension on a phone and distance line during a refueling-at-sea with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Spruance and John C. Stennis are currently conducting routine operations as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3 in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan D. McLearnon/Released)