Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Brian Thurman, a landing signalman enlisted assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2, directs an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter as it delivers supplies to the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a vertical replenishment at sea with USNS Rainer (T-AOE 7) while underway in the Persian Gulf on June 5, 2008. The Lincoln is deployed to the Navy 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations.

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