PHILIPPINE SEA (April 17, 2022) Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) handle a phone-and-distance line during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199). Mobile Bay is part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and 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 3rd Class Alonzo Martin-Frazier)