Caption:
At sea aboard USS Nassau (LHA 4) Nov. 7, 2002 -- Flight deck personnel
remove chock and chain aircraft tie-down equipment, followed by the
clear for launch signal by the Landing Signal Enlisted (LSE) to the
pilots of a Navy CH-46 Sea Knight assigned to the
“Hustlers” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Six
(HC-6), during flight quarters on board the amphibious assault ship.
Nassau is home ported in Norfolk, Va., and is on a regularly scheduled
six-month deployment in the Central Command area of responsibility,
conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy
Photograph by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg.
(RELEASED)
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