Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lorenzo Fekieta-Martinez from Meriden, captures video from the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment at sea with the USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187). Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Samuel Osborn)    

With more than 90 percent of all trade traveling by sea, and 95 percent of the world’s international phone and internet traffic carried through fiber optic cables lying on the ocean floor, Navy officials continue to emphasize that the prosperity and security of the United States is directly linked to a strong and ready Navy.