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Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Katherine Alston monitors surface targets on radar on board an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter as it flies over the Persian Gulf on July 24, 2005. The Seahawk is operating from the deck of the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) and both are participating in Exercise Nautical Union, a joint exercise in conducting Maritime Security Operations, air defense, anti- submarine warfare, surface warfare, mine counter measures, electronic warfare, replenishment at sea, and command and control. Alston is a Navy Aviation Warfare Systems Operator attached to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light) 60 deployed from Naval Station Mayport, Fla.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Katherine Alston monitors surface targets on radar.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Katherine Alston monitors surface targets on radar on board an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter as it flies over the Persian Gulf on July 24, 2005. The Seahawk is operating from the deck of the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) and both are participating in Exercise Nautical Union, a joint exercise in conducting Maritime Security Operations, air defense, anti- submarine warfare, surface warfare, mine counter measures, electronic warfare, replenishment at sea, and command and control. Alston is a Navy Aviation Warfare Systems Operator attached to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light) 60 deployed from Naval Station Mayport, Fla.

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