A U.S. Sailor, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9, conducts maintenance on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter rescue hoist in the hangar bay of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Dec. 15, 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. (U.S. Navy photo)
| Date Taken: | 12.15.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 01.07.2026 16:29 |
| Photo ID: | 9469017 |
| VIRIN: | 251215-N-HR593-1066 |
| Resolution: | 5490x3660 |
| Size: | 2.52 MB |
| Location: | CARIBBEAN SEA |
| Web Views: | 21 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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