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Caption:
At sea aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) Jan. 16, 2003 -- An MH-60S Knight
Hawk, attached to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HC-5), takes
off from the shipÕs flight deck during Deck Landing
Qualifications. HC-5 provides the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)
and embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) with airborne search and
rescue capability, as one of the Navy's only forward deployed search
and rescue helicopter squadrons. Essex and the embarked MEU are
currently conducting biannual Training in an Urban Environment
Exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Bryan W.
Taylor. (RELEASED)
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