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Video by Seaman Jason Waite

USS Bainbridge Deployment

Carrier Strike Group 12

April 11, 2019 | 2:18

190411-N-SS350 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 11, 2019) - Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) prepare for and hold ship-board qualifications with the M9 service pistol. Bainbridge is underway as part of Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 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) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7); as well as Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F 104). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jason Waite/Released)