MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 22, 2016) Sailors stand by in waiting to receive supplies from the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) prior to a replenishment-at-sea. Ike, currently deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe.

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