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A sailor signals toward an airborne helicopter about to land on the deck of a ship at night.

Pacific Partnership

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the USNS Mercy in the Pacific Ocean, May 12, 2022, during Pacific Partnership, the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

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