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Seaman Lucio Robles (left) and Seaman Daniel Nogal clear the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) after attaching a cargo net to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 70 during a vertical replenishment at sea in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 29, 2011. In the background is the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103). The Mitscher and the Truxtun are deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

Seaman Lucio Robles and Seaman Daniel Nogal clear the flight deck.

Seaman Lucio Robles (left) and Seaman Daniel Nogal clear the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) after attaching a cargo net to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 70 during a vertical replenishment at sea in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 29, 2011. In the background is the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103). The Mitscher and the Truxtun are deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

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