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A flight deck crew member aboard the USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) attaches a cargo pendant onto the hook of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment with the guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) as the ships steam in the Persian Gulf on Feb. 25, 2005. The Artic is a Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship.

A flight deck crew member aboard the USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) attaches a cargo pendant.

A flight deck crew member aboard the USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) attaches a cargo pendant onto the hook of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment with the guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) as the ships steam in the Persian Gulf on Feb. 25, 2005. The Artic is a Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship.

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