PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 22, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Rich Dilone, from New York, runs to chock and chain an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Raptors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71 aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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Keywords: 111, ddg, flight, operations, spruance