210628-N-RG587-1033 RED SEA (June 28, 2021) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Alejandro Quintana, observes fuel prob docking aboard guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), during a replenishment-at-sea with aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Red Sea, June 28. Vella Gulf is operating with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group while deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations and providing airpower to protect and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan.

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