MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 24, 2022) Sailors assigned to the “Vipers” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 48 load sonar buoys into an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), March 24, 2022. Jason Dunham is a part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), one of four standing forces that comprise the maritime component of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations as well as continued cooperation with allied and partner navies (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Theoplis Stewart II)