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Indian Ocean (Jan. 25, 2004) - Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) load supplies onto a MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, assigned to the "Blackhawks" of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15), in support of Operation Unified Assistance. HM-15 is currently embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group is currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Ronald A. Dallatorre (RELEASED)

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Service Branch
US Navy
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MH-53E
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