PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 23, 2018) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Fatima Flores-Caballero, from Cleburne, Texas, signals to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 as it takes off from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65). Benfold is forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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