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USS Monterey (CG 61) fires a Mark 45 5-inch gun during a live-fire exercise in the Arabian Sea. by Official U.S. Navy Page Via Flickr: ARABIAN SEA (June 2, 2021) The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) fires a Mark 45 5-inch gun during a live-fire exercise in the Arabian Sea, June 2, 2021. Monterey is operating with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations and providing airpower to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operation from Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chelsea Palmer) 210602-N-WQ732-4033

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter completes the day’s flight operations. by Official U.S. Navy Page Via Flickr: U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (July 23, 2018) An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Vipers” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 48 completes the day’s flight operations on the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). Jason Dunham is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/Released)180723-N-UX013-2235

The guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) transits alongside guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), not pictured, during a live-fire exercise in the Arabian Gulf. by Official U.S. Navy Page Via Flickr: ARABIAN GULF (April 19, 2021) The guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) transits alongside guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), not pictured, during a live-fire exercise in the Arabian Gulf. Monterey is supporting the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations and conducting naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chelsea Palmer) 210419-N-WQ732-8001

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) holds a change of command at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. by Official U.S. Navy Page Via Flickr: NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (May 5, 2021) Vice Adm. Sam Paparo, left, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), is relieved by Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, right, during a change of command ceremony presided over by Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, May 5, 2021. NAVCENT is the U.S. Navy element of U.S. Central Command in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations and encompasses about 2.5 million square miles of water area and includes the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean. The expanse is comprised of 20 countries and includes three critical choke points at the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Bab al Mandeb at the southern tip of Yemen. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Hinton) 210505-N-KC128-0168

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter delivers a pallet to USS Lewis B. Puller. by Official U.S. Navy Page Via Flickr: U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Oct. 9, 2018) An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Vipers of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 48 attached to the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), delivers a pallet of supplies to the expeditionary mobile base platform ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187). Jason Dunham is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/Released)181009-N-UX013-1194