Shreveport Sailor deployed to Middle East
Tue, 05/14/2019 - 3:50pm
GULF OF ADEN (May 13, 2019) Seaman Ressie Bates, from Shreveport, La., stands aft lookout aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) is deployed to U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in order to defend American forces and interests in the region. 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), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7); as well as Àlvaro de Bazàn-class frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F 104). (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeff Sherman/Released)