190414-N-GD018-1093 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 14, 2019) Sailors from the "Jolly Rogers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and Carrier Strike Group 12 observe F/A-18F Super Hornets launch during a change-of-command ceremony, in which Cmdr. Patrice Fernandes relieved Cmdr. Danny Westphall. Abraham Lincoln is underway in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. With Ab
190414-N-GD018-1093 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 14, 2019) Sailors from the "Jolly Rogers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and Carrier Strike Group 12 observe F/A-18F Super Hornets launch during a change-of-command ceremony, in which Cmdr. Patrice Fernandes relieved Cmdr. Danny Westphall. Abraham Lincoln is underway in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the 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 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7); as well as Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F 104). (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/Released)
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