200621-N-OD153-1649 ARABIAN GULF (June 21, 2020) A United Arab Emirates piloted CH-47 Chinook helicopter, attached to the Joint Aviation Command, takes off from the expeditionary mobile base ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) during flight training operations, June 21, 2020. Lewis B. Puller is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and Pacific Ocean through the western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Logistics Specialist Thomas Joyce/Released)