MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 30, 2018) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Ashley M. Pinto, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), signals an MH-60S helicopter, attached to the “Dragon Whales” of Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) 28, during a vertical replenishment in the Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 30, 2018. Anchorage and embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed to the 6th Fleet area of operations as a crisis response force in support of regional partners as well as to promote national security interests in Europe and Africa.

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