Naval Aircrewman 3rd Class Tyler Abbott, assigned to the Black Hawks of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15, waits while mail is unloaded from an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman Dec. 19, 2013 while underway in the Persian Gulf. (Karl Anderson/Courtesy U.S. Navy)

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