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A U.S. Navy Landing Signal Enlisted prepares a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter for lift-off from the flight deck of the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) while the ship operates at sea on July 29, 2005. Tarawa is the flagship for Expeditionary Strike Group 1 and is on a Western Pacific deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A U.S. Navy Landing Signal Enlisted prepares a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter for lift-off.

A U.S. Navy Landing Signal Enlisted prepares a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter for lift-off from the flight deck of the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) while the ship operates at sea on July 29, 2005. Tarawa is the flagship for Expeditionary Strike Group 1 and is on a Western Pacific deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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