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Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Chris Cline, on watch as the helicopter control officer, observes from the littoral combat ship USS Independence as sailors attach netting to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6 during vertical replenishment exercises in the Pacific Ocean, July 1, 2014.

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Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Chris Cline, on watch as the helicopter control officer, observes from the littoral combat ship USS Independence as sailors attach netting to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6 during vertical replenishment exercises in the Pacific Ocean, July 1, 2014.

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