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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Runsiya Richards, front, and Seaman Thomas Bade signal to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter as it brings cargo from the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew during a vertical replenishment-at-sea aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer in the Pacific Ocean, March 27, 2017. Richards is a Boatswain’s Mate. The helicopter crew is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 4. Wayne E. Meyer is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command-and-control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams

Signaling a Sea Hawk

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Runsiya Richards, front, and Seaman Thomas Bade signal to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter as it brings cargo from the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew during a vertical replenishment-at-sea aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer in the Pacific Ocean, March 27, 2017. Richards is a Boatswain’s Mate. The helicopter crew is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 4. Wayne E. Meyer is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command-and-control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams

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