USS Hershel "Woody" Williams flight operations with 160th SOAR [Image 11 of 13]

ATLANTIC OCEAN

06.12.2021

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Coffer 

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet

ATLANTIC OCEAN (JUNE 12, 2021) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 3rd Class Kieara Dexter signals for a U.S. Army MH-47G Chinook helicopter from the 160th special operations aviation regiment (SOAR) to lift off from the flight deck of the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 12, 2021 as part of African Lion 2021. African Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command’ largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Coffer/Released)

• Date Taken: 06.12.2021
• Date Posted: 06.14.2021 10:02
• Photo ID: 6690468
• VIRIN: 210612-N-GW139-2130
• Resolution: 4861x3472
• Size: 594.27 KB
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN