05/18/2015: USS Laboon Operations in the Mediterranean
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 13, 2015)
Credit:U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet:5/13/15
- Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Marcus Jones, from Anderson, S.C., uses hand signals to direct an Israeli helicopter during flight operations aboard USS Laboon (DDG 58) May 13, 2015. Laboon, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, homeported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.
- In the second photo, Seaman Carson Hawkins, from Cache Valley, Utah, left, and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Corey Piper, from Rome, Ga., approach a Hellenic helicopter to secure it to the flight deck so that personnel can board it during flight operations aboard USS Laboon (DDG 58) May 13, 2015.
- In the final photo, Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Corey Piper, from Rome, Ga., salutes to indicate he is done securing an Israeli helicopter to the flight deck so that personnel can board it during flight operations aboard USS Laboon (DDG 58) May 13, 2015.