200918-N-PS962-0199 GULF OF OMAN (Sept. 18, 2020) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) prepare to receive cargo from an SA 330J Puma helicopter, attached to the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6), during a vertical replenishment-at-sea in the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 18. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepo

---

200918-N-PS962-0199 GULF OF OMAN (Sept. 18, 2020) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) prepare to receive cargo from an SA 330J Puma helicopter, attached to the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6), during a vertical replenishment-at-sea in the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 18. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)

---

Size: 4583px × 3274px
Photo credit: © APFootage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -ake, ., 5th, 6, 81, amelia, arleigh, aviation, burke, c5f, centcom, churchill, ddg, destroye, destroyer, earhart, fleet, guided-missile, gulf, helicopter, navcent, oman, replenishment--sea, uscentcom, uscentcompa, usns, uss, vertical, winston