Caption:
The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 21, 2003) -- A Sailor aboard fast combat support
ship USS Rainier (AOE 7) attaches a cargo hook to a CH-46 Sea Knight,
assigned to the "Gunbearers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron
Eleven Detachment Five (HC-11 Det. 5), during a recent vertical
replenishment (VERTREP) at sea with the aircraft carrier USS Abraham
Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14)
are conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tyler
Clements. (RELEASED)
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