110622XQ375-361 GULF OF ADEN (June 22, 2011) A Sailor aboard the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepherd (T-AKE 3) clears the flight deck after attaching a pallet of stores to an SA-330J Puma helicopter during a vertical replenishment with the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57). Mitscher is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Navy

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