California Army National Guard aircrew assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, Task Force Longknife, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, waits for the signal to take off from the USNS Alan Shepard in their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter over the North Arabian Gulf Feb. 16. In order to qualify and remain proficient aircrews performed the challenging task of landing on a moving ship multiple times with night vision goggles. ( Army photo by Spc. Rose Wolford, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs)

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