ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 1, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) embarks on a deployment that will send them around the world and include a homeport change to San Diego. Deploying ships include the guided-missile destroyers USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), USS Mason (DDG 87), and USS Nitze (DDG 94); the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55); and the Spanish Frigate ESPS Mendez Nunez (F 104). Nine Squadrons from Carrier Air WIng Seven (CVW 7) will also deploy, as well as the staffs of Carrier Strike Group Twelve (CSG 12) and Destroyer Squadron Two (DESRON 2) (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zach Sleeper)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April. 1, 2019) Sailors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) watch as the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) embarks on a deployment that will send them around the world and include a homeport change to San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jake Stanley)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 1, 2019) Personnel Specialist 3rd Class Parrys Ewing, from Valdosta, Ga., left, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Apprentice Sydney Morgan, from San Diego, carrier a barricade netting on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). IKE is underway conducting sea trials during the final portion of a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) as part of the maintenance phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaleb Sarten)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 1, 2019) Airman Devon Brown, from Sioux Falls, S.D., strips paint from the wheel-housing of a nitrogen-servicing cart in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaleb Sarten)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 1, 2019) Culinary Specialist Seaman Joshua Dicks, from Flint, Mich., prepares salad in the wardroom galley aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jairus P. Bailey)