210304-N-BM428-0049 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 4, 2021) Chief Boatswain’s Mate Brian Nichols observes an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Swamp Foxes” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 74, lands on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) during Lightning Handshake in the Atlantic Ocean, March 4, 2021. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is participating in Lightning Handshake, a bi-lateral maritime exercise between the and Royal Moroccan Navy (RMN) and Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF). Porter, forward deployed t


210304-N-BM428-0049 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 4, 2021) Chief Boatswain’s Mate Brian Nichols observes an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Swamp Foxes” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 74, lands on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) during Lightning Handshake in the Atlantic Ocean, March 4, 2021. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is participating in Lightning Handshake, a bi-lateral maritime exercise between the and Royal Moroccan Navy (RMN) and Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF). Porter, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its ninth patrol in the Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of national interests and security in Europe and Africa.


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