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Caption:
Indian Ocean (Jan. 20, 2005) - An MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter,
assigned to the "Gunbearers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron
Eleven (HC-11), Detachment Two, hovers over the flight deck of the
Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS
Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) as a civilian mariner connects a hoisting sling
to a pallet of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies.
The pallets were transferred to the MSC fast combat support ship USNS
Rainer (T-AOE 7), for further distribution to ships supporting
Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort to aid the
victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. Rainier is part of
the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group. Tippecanoe is
operating as part of the 7th Fleet Logistics Task Force (CTF-73). U.S.
Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Paul G. Scherman (RELEASED)
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