160902-N-QN175-013 ARABIAN GULF (Sep. 2, 2016) Sailors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) prepare to conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dartez C. Williams)