GULF (March 23, 2019) Sailors walk away after securing chocks and chains to an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Arabian Gulf, March 23, 2019. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.

---

Size: 1732px × 1155px
Photo credit: © Apple White / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 10th, 3rd, 6, 7, 12, 69, 72, 74, 98, abraham, academy, air, aircraft, albania, amphib, amphibious, anniversary, antonio, archive, arlington, armed, assault, bhr, bonhomme, cake, call, carrier, celebration, centcom, cf5, class, conference, cpo, csg, cutlass, cvn, cvw-7, ddg, deck, defence, deployment, destroyer, diego, district, dragon, eisenhower, fleet, flight, forces, forrest, gators, gonzalez, hm-15, jet, kearsarge, launch, lhd, lincoln, louis, medical, mh-53e, military, missouri, mwr, nato, naval, navcent, navy, nmcs, nrd, ofrp, ops, recruiting, reportage, revolutionary, richard, sailors, san, sapr, sea, servicemen, sexual, sherman, ship, st, stl, tirana, usa, uscentcom, usn, uss, wasp, wing