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A sailor directs a helicopter to take off from a ship.

Takeoff Talk

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlos Cortes directs an MH60-R Seahawk to take off from the USS Winston S. Churchill in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 8, 2018. The guided-missile destroyer participated in Composite Training Unit Exercise, which evaluates a strike group's ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. Cortes is a boatswain's mate. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Chen

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