MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 26, 2016) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Alexander Mohney, left, braces Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Eric R. Khabbaz while an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 takes off from the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). Mason, deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe. ( Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Janweb B. Lagazo/Relea

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 26, 2016) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Alexander Mohney, left, braces Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Eric R. Khabbaz while an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 takes off from the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). Mason, deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe. ( Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Janweb B. Lagazo/Released)

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