220806-N-GF955-1347 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 6, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Nicholas Labarre, from Chicago, prepares to launch MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79, Detachment 2, from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), Aug. 6, 2022. Paul Ignatius, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on a scheduled deployment in the Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by Sixth Fleet, to defend , allied and partner interests.

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