WESTERN PACIFIC (June 10, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Anthony Perry, from Kissimmee, Florida, waits for an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, to land on the flight deck of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57). The Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific routinely for more than 70 years promoting regional peace and security.

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