An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, takes off from the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, in the Persian Gulf March 14. The 40th CAB practices landings aboard Naval vessels every month. ( Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ian M. Kummer)

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