Deployment

A few in the division, the day we pulled out on deployment.
Some more line handlers.
SH-60B during a vertical replenishment at sea.
Helo picking up supplies from the supply ship.

Deployment was long and hot but overall a success. We left in January and transited to the Persian Gulf. We became the second carrier strike group in the Gulf. We spent about 4 1/2 months in the Gulf. It was hot and sweaty and we were glad to be leave when we did. We then transited back towards Hawaii, stopping of Guam to take part in Valiant Shield 2007. That exercise involved 3 carrier strike groups and was the largest Naval exercise in the world this year.