PHILIPPINE SEA(Nov. 10, 2012) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) stand by as cargo is lowered to the ship's flight deck by an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25. Mustin is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group based out of Yokosuka, Japan, and is currently conducting a patrol of the western Pacific in support of regional security and stability of the vital Asia-Pacific region.

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