Helicopter conducts vertrep aboard USNS Richard E. Byrd

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 11, 2010) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 Wild Cards, embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), conducts a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4). Mercy is conducting Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance endeavors to strengthen regional partnerships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eddie Harrison) File# 100711-N-4044H-343