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Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeffrey Sherman

USS Abraham Lincoln Replenishment-at-Sea and Weapons On-load

U.S. Navy

April 4, 2019 | 1:58

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 4, 2019) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) performs a replenishment-at-sea and weapons on-load with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Abraham Lincoln is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7; as well as the Spanish navy Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Mendez Nuñez (F 104). (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeff Sherman/Released) 190404 N FQ836 1001