Sailors, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71, load an AGM-114 Hellfire missile onto an MH-60R Sea Hawk while Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Alberto Gomez, right, from Sioux City, Iowa, supervises aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 21, 2018. Spruance 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.

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