USS Mason (DDG 87) RAS with USNS Arctic
160908-N-CL027-103 ARABIAN SEA (Sept. 08, 2016) Ensign Solomon Gardea, right, from El Paso, Texas, acts as aft steering safety officer over Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Mayzara Rocha, from Winston-Salem, N.C., and Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Shaun Letts, from Tallahassee, Fla., during a replenishment-at-sea with fleet replenishment oiler USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) in after steering of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). Mason, deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Janweb B. Lagazo)