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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Orr checks the mount for a GAL-21 machine gun on a MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge to prepare for Operation Odyssey Dawn missions in the Mediterranean Sea, March 19, 2011. Orr is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22.

MOUNT CHECK

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Orr checks the mount for a GAL-21 machine gun on a MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge to prepare for Operation Odyssey Dawn missions in the Mediterranean Sea, March 19, 2011. Orr is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22.

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