The guided missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), foreground, approaches the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) in the Atlantic Ocean for an underway replenishment March 17, 2014. The Leyte Gulf was on its way to Scotland to participate in Joint Warrior 14-1, a United Kingdom-led exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies and prepare participating crews to conduct combined operations while deployed.