210119-N-RG587-1079 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 19, 2021) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Vernon Brown, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), signals to an MH-60R Sea Hawk, attached to the "Swamp Foxes" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 74, that all chocks and chains are removed prior to takeoff Jan. 19, 2021. Vella Gulf is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting operations as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group.

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