Every day, more than 9,500 dedicated men and women of our U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command deliver critical supplies and conduct missions across the world’s oceans. Here’s what we’ve been up to recently:

RED SEA (Sept. 17, 2013) A line handling crew heaves a messenger line on the aft missile deck of USS Mason (DDG 87) during an underway replenishment with USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7). (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Rob Aylward)

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 18, 2013) Sailors assigned to USS Preble (DDG 88) prepare for an underway replenishment as USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducts an underway replenishment with USNS Yukon (T-AO 202). (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Paul Kelly)