241128-N-GC617-1174 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Nov. 28, 2024) Seaman Jhon Mark Corpus, from Apopka, Fla., handles a line aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a fueling-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class Fleet Replenishment Oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204). Abraham Lincoln, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Three, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Shepard Fosdyke-Jackson)