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The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 21, 2003) -- A Sailor aboard fast combat support ship USS Rainier (AOE 7) attaches a cargo hook to a CH-46 Sea Knight assigned to the "Gunbearers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Elevenn Detachment Five (HC-11 Det. 5), during a recent vertical replenishment (VERTREP) at sea with the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).  Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Gabriel Piper.  (RELEASED)

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Public domain / free use
Service Branch
US Navy / Marine Corps
Primary Equipment
CH-46
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