190414-N-GD018-1332 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 14, 2019) An F/A-18F Super Hornets from the "Jolly Rogers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 participate in a change-of-command ceremony, in which Cmdr. Patrice Fernandes relieved Cmdr. Danny Westphall, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). 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, de
190414-N-GD018-1332 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 14, 2019) An F/A-18F Super Hornets from the "Jolly Rogers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 participate in a change-of-command ceremony, in which Cmdr. Patrice Fernandes relieved Cmdr. Danny Westphall, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). 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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