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U.S. Coast Guard tactical team members and U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians fast-rope out of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9, onto the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a vertical hoist exercise while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Dec. 14, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (Faces blurred to conceal identities due to OPSEC) (U.S. Navy photo illustration)
| Date Taken: | 12.14.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 12.22.2025 15:44 |
| Photo ID: | 9451070 |
| VIRIN: | 251214-N-GC805-1032 |
| Resolution: | 1902x3382 |
| Size: | 1.81 MB |
| Location: | CARIBBEAN SEA |
| Web Views: | 207 |
| Downloads: | 21 |
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