Caption:
Central Command Area of Responsibility (Feb. 17, 2003) -- Personnel
assigned to the "Providers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five
(HC-5) wash an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter on the flight deck of
the Military Sealift Command ship USNS Concord (T-AFS 5). Kitty
Hawk and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) were recently
ordered to the Central Command Area of Responsibility to join coalition
forces preparing for possible operations in that area. Kitty Hawk
is the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and
operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 3rd Class William H. Ramsey. (RELEASED)
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