151030-N-YL073-092 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 30, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. Dean Farmer, from Knoxville, Tennessee, detachment officer in charge for the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, the “Dragon Whales," performs pre flight maintenance on the hydraulics bay of an SH-60S Sea Hawk on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Oct. 30, 2015. Kearsarge, deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shamira Purifoy/Released)