U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Billy Lewis serves as the landing signalman enlisted as an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 48 is readied for launch from the flight deck of guided missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) Oct. 15, 2012, in the Caribbean Sea. Underwood was deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Operation Martillo and Southern Seas 2012. Southern Seas is a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation designed to strengthen relationships with regional partner nations and improve operational readiness for all assigned units. Operation Martillo is a joint, interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stuart Phillips/Released)
Date Taken: | 10.15.2012 |
Date Posted: | 10.18.2012 00:46 |
Photo ID: | 738857 |
VIRIN: | 121015-N-NL541-010 |
Resolution: | 2664x1903 |
Size: | 885.11 KB |
Location: | CARIBBEAN SEA |
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