Operations Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Pickering, from Chatham, Ill., attaches a pendant to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) during a replenishment-at-sea.

ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 06, 2012) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Pickering, from Chatham, Ill., attaches a pendant to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) during a replenishment-at-sea. Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Armando Gonzales) File# 121206-N-LV331-595