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U.S. Navy Seaman Thoren Pond prepares to remove chocks and chains from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during flight operations on the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher in the Persian Gulf, Jan. 31, 2015. The Mitscher is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, which includes strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed.

CHOCK CHASE

U.S. Navy Seaman Thoren Pond prepares to remove chocks and chains from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during flight operations on the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher in the Persian Gulf, Jan. 31, 2015. The Mitscher is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, which includes strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed.

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