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Caption:
Tsugaru Strait (Nov. 12, 2005) - A Landing Signal Enlisted (LSE)
signals to the pilot of an SH-60H Seahawk helicopter, assigned to
the"Chargers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Fourteen (HS-14),
during start up procedures aboard the conventionally powered aircraft
carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk, the Navy's only permanently
forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is currently transiting the Tsugaru
Strait as part of a bilateral Annual Exercise 2005 (ANNUALEX) with
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. ANNUALEX focuses on improving the
military-to-military relationship between the U.S. and Japan. The
purpose of ANNUALEX is to improve bilateral interoperability, defend
Japan against maritime threats and to improve capability for surface
warfare, air defense and undersea warfare. U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate Airman Jonathan Chandler (RELEASED)
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