160417-N-NM917-324 ANDAMAN SEA (April 17, 2016) - Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Rashaad Merritt and Seaman Brady Nowick, both attached to the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), hook pallets onto an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12, during a vertical replenishment-at-sea with USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO-193). Blue Ridge is currently on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations strengthening and fostering relationships in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jordan KirkJohnson/ RELEASED)