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Caption:
Pacific Ocean (May 19, 2005) - An air crewman assigned to Helicopter
Composite Squadron Five (HC-5) watches cargo being lifted by an MH-60S
Knighthawk during a vertical replenishment at sea (VERTREP) between the
Military Sealift Command (MSC) ammunition ship USNS Flint (T-AE 32) and
the conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
VERTREPs are a quick way of transferring cargo and munitions while
ships are at sea. The Kitty Hawk is currently under way in the
7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), demonstrating power projection
and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward-deployed
aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Bo Flannigan (RELEASED)
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