150218-N-HD510-073 ARABIAN GULF Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Amaris Gracian cuts a stopper on a sponson aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a replenishment at sea with Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl. Carl Vinson is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.