Posted: 01/01/2013
U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Dec. 28, 2012) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) prepare for a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193). Farragut is deployed with the John C. Stennis Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class A.J. Jones)