Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James Comans (right) and Airman Peter Hock wait for a signal to shoot a messenger line from the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) to the USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) during a replenishment at sea in the Pacific Ocean on June 2, 2006. Crewman on the Tippecanoe will use the messenger line to pull a sound powered telephone line across so the replenishment stations can talk to each other.

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