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Cargo handlers aboard the USS Essex conduct cargo hook training with a CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, May 12, 2008. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group is supporting in humanitarian assistance to Burma following Cyclone Nargis.

GETTING HOOKED

Cargo handlers aboard the USS Essex conduct cargo hook training with a CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, May 12, 2008. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group is supporting in humanitarian assistance to Burma following Cyclone Nargis.

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