With her crew manning the rail and banners flying from her superstructure, the guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) steams proudly out of San Diego Bay to start a regularly scheduled deployment. Mobile Bay is a part of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) battlegroup which has just got underway to conduct missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer?s Mate Airman Andrew Betting.