201030-N-PS962-1366 BAB AL-MANDEB STRAIT (Oct. 30,

201030-N-PS962-1366 BAB AL-MANDEB STRAIT (Oct. 30, 2020) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) collect pallets of supplies during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, Oct. 30. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to 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 Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)