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A service member guides a helicopter to land on the flight deck of a ship using traffic wands and hand signals.

Sea Hawk Landing

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Neil Kennedy, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, guides an MH-60S Seahawk onto the flight deck of the USS Paul Ignatius in the Baltic Sea, Sept. 3, 2022. The Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer; is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2 in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe’s area of operations.

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