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Caption:
Indian Ocean (Apr. 8, 2005) -- A Landing Signal Enlisted Sailor guides
an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Combat Support
Squadron Five (HC-5), during a vertical replenishment aboard the
Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).
Mercy and the MSC underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO
199) conducted a vertical replenishment off the coast of Nias,
Indonesia, where Mercy is involved in humanitarian relief efforts in
the wake of the devastating earthquakes that struck the island March
28, 2005. HC-5 is embarked aboard the MSC combat stores ship USNS
Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3). At the request of the government of Indonesia,
Mercy and Niagara Falls are on station off the coast of Nias, providing
assistance as determined appropriate and necessary with earthquake
disaster relief efforts and provide medical assistance to those in
need. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Joshua Smith (RELEASED)
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