Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jason Farris, from Sparta, Tenn., signals to an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter from the ‘Warlords’ of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 to lift off the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) while Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Dane Potzinger, from Ada, Mich., spots for safety. Benfold is assigned to Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the 7th Fleet’s principal surface force.

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