161214-N-EO381-014 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 14, 2016) The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)(Ike) prepares to conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey J. Hopkins/Released)