ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 27, 2022) – An MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the "Grandmasters" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46, lifts off from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), March 27. Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is currently participating in Task Force Exercise in the 2nd Fleet area of operations. TFEX serves as the certification exercise for independent deploying ships and is designed to test mission readiness and performance in integrated operations.

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