PHILIPPINE SEA (March 12, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Natalia Maldonado, top, from East Moline, Ill., and Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class James Aguirre, from Chula Vista, Calif., descend a ladderwell during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Aleksandr Freutel)