190504-N-SS350-0107 IONIAN SEA (May 4, 2019) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Ashley Whitfield, left, from Clinton, Maine, and Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Andrea Bigenho, from Pittsburg, Pa., remove chocks and chains from an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Grandmasters” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46 aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96). Bainbridge is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th, U.S. 6th and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of operation. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7); as well as Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F 104). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jason Waite/Released)
Date Taken: | 05.04.2019 |
Date Posted: | 05.05.2019 13:50 |
Photo ID: | 5325389 |
VIRIN: | 190504-N-SS350-0107 |
Resolution: | 4244x3031 |
Size: | 1.93 MB |
Location: | US |
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