ARABIAN SEA (Sept. 6, 2020) Chief Boatswain�s Mate Stefan Farmer, right, from Nashville, N.C., and Seaman William Erdmann, from Queens, N.Y., both assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), prepare to attach a cargo pendant to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, from the �Battlecats� of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37, during vertical replenishment-at-sea training. Princeton is part of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of 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 Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan C. Kellums)