THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln; April 9, 2008

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 7, 2008) Sailors watch from the fantail as aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 land aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during night flight operations. Lincoln and embarked CVW-2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 4, 2008) Capt. Tom Nosenzo is sprayed down with a fire hose after finishing his last flight as the executive officer aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Nosenzo is slated to take command of the Austin-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque (LPD 8). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dennis P. Irwin (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 4, 2008) PACIFIC OCEAN (April 4, 2008) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) steams in the western Pacific Ocean. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (March 30, 2008) A pair of E-2C Hawkeye command and control aircraft, assigned to the "Sun Kings" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW ) 116, perform a precision fly-by during an air power demonstration for the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln, embarked CVW-2, and the rest of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 are on a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Geoffrey Lewis (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 4, 2008) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) steams in the western Pacific Ocean. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 5, 2008) Sailors assigned to Supply Department's S-6 division attach bundles of cargo netting to an AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 5, 2008) Storekeeper 2nd Class Lawrence Coates waits with a pallet of supplies on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) steams alongside during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 8, 2008) Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Kevin Richardson, assigned to the "Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, cleans grease from the landing gear of an F/A-18C Hornet after performing maintenance in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 5, 2008) Sailors wait behind pallets of stores as an AS-332 Super Puma helicopter approaches to pick up bundles of empty cargo netting from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 8, 2008) Engineman 3rd Class Joseph Calabrese, assigned to Reactor Department's M-72 Division, monitors lube oil, fuel oil, air pressure, and jacket water levels for the ship's number three emergency diesel generator aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 7, 2008) Gunner's Mate Seaman Bryan Felts inspects the operating lever on a .50 cal. machine gun in the armory aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Geoffrey Lewis (Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 4, 2008) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) underway at high speed in the Western Pacific Ocean. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) Two are underway on a scheduled deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (RELEASED)