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U.S. Navy sailors remove the chock and chains securing an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 15, which is deployed aboard the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific Ocean, March 21, 2010. The Bunker Hill is supporting Southern Seas, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation to provide U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multinational environment.

CHOCK AND CHAINS

U.S. Navy sailors remove the chock and chains securing an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 15, which is deployed aboard the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific Ocean, March 21, 2010. The Bunker Hill is supporting Southern Seas, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation to provide U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multinational environment.

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