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A SH-60 Seahawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Ingraham (FFG 61) as coalition naval vessels move into formation in the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 23, 2005. The following vessels in formation are Egyptian frigates ENS Sharmal Seikh and ENS Mubarak, the Pakistan ship PNS Tariq, the Italian ship IT Commondante Bettica and the landing dock ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). All the ships are participating in Bright Star 2005, a multinational exercise held every two years in Egypt.

A SH-60 Seahawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Ingraham (FFG 61).

A SH-60 Seahawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Ingraham (FFG 61) as coalition naval vessels move into formation in the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 23, 2005. The following vessels in formation are Egyptian frigates ENS Sharmal Seikh and ENS Mubarak, the Pakistan ship PNS Tariq, the Italian ship IT Commondante Bettica and the landing dock ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). All the ships are participating in Bright Star 2005, a multinational exercise held every two years in Egypt.

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