5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Feb. 16, 2013) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Eightballers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8 delivers cargo to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) during a vertical replenishment. Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.

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