Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), background, sails alongside aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during a passing exercise in the Arabian Sea Sept. 27, 2012.
The ships were deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to conduct maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman, U.S. Navy/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr