A US Navy (USN) Sailor marshalls a USN SH-60B Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 47 (HSL-47) as it lands on the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean (POC). The LINCOLN Carrier Strike Group is underway to participate in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. The exercise is designed to increase the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined sea operations. RIMPAC 2006 brings together military forces from Australia (AUS), Canada (CAN), Chile (CHL), Peru (PER), Japan (JPN), the Republic of Korea (KOR), United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN James R. Evans
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/07/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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