200205-N-PI330-0174 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 5, 2020) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Eric Bruce, from Waynesboro, Virginia, salutes the pilots of an MH-60S helicopter as they depart the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). Vella Gulf is conducting operations in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. ( Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Waters/Released)

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