151017-N-EH855-106 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 17, 2015) Airman

151017-N-EH855-106 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 17, 2015) Airman Whitney Saxbery signals the pilot of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Blue Hawks" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78 on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as part of UNITAS 2015. UNITAS 2015, the U.S. Navy's longest running annual multinational maritime exercise, is part of the Southern Seas deployment planned by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet. This 56th iteration of UNITAS is conducted in two phases: UNITAS PACIFIC, hosted by Chile, October 13-24, 2015, and UNITAS Atlantic, hosted by Brazil scheduled for November. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Mai/Released)