PHILIPPINE SEA (April 28, 2022) Logistics Specialist Seaman Cameron Mudgett, left, from Carlsbad, Calif., and Chief Logistics Specialist Willie Bates, from Elizabethtown, Ky., place a cargo hook on an AS332 Super Puma on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sea Lift Command Dry Cargo and Ammunition Ship USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier 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 Julia Brockman)