ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 13, 2021) Linda Gilday, wife of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, meets with the female divisional officers aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 13, 2021. John Paul Jones is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and 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 and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points critical to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aja Bleu Jackson)