180220-N-VT388-2032 ARABIAN GULF (Feb. 20, 2018) Sailors lift a cargo hook toward an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Battlecats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, to practice vertical replenishment techniques aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52). Bunker Hill is deployed with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class R. David Valdez/Released)