A Navy SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 49 takes off from the guided missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) to go on a counter drug patrol in support of Operation Martillo Sept. 21, 2013, in the Pacific Ocean. Operation Martillo is a joint, interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus. ( Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker/Released) Helicopter takes off from USS Rentz 130921-N-IC228-008

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