170602-N-HV059-269 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 2, 2017) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Robert Hamric directs an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 60, on the flight deck of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) during a vertical replenishment with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Bighorn (T-AO 198). Leyte Gulf is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sonja Wickard/Released)