Image of the Day: Supporting USS Theodore Roosevelt

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Sea Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 retrieves cargo on the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) during a vertical replenishment with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The operation was conducted in the Arabian Gulf on June 17.

Theodore Roosevelt is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.

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Image: US Navy