Posted: 12/01/2011
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec 28, 2011) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) prepares to pull alongside the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles R. Drew (T-AKE 10) for a replenishment at sea. Lincoln is in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (AOO) as part of a deployment to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans en route to support coalition efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet AOO. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gregory Harden)