ARABIAN GULF (Feb. 4, 2019) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Kyle Houchens removes chocks from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to Task Force Javelin, on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57). Mitscher is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.

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