U.S. sailors aboard the guided missile cruiser USS

U.S. sailors aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) watch as the probe makes its way across the spanner wire from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) during an early morning underway replenishment in the South China Sea Oct. 5, 2012. Cowpens is conducting a routine Western Pacific patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/Released)