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U.S. Navy Aviation Electrician’s Mate Seaman Brian Hernandez, left, and Aviation Electrician’s Mate Seaman Daniel Rogers, conduct pre-flight checks of an MH-60S SeaHawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 6, 2022. The helicopters were being launched to ferry U.S. Marines and their equipment ashore during exercise UNITAS LXIII. UNITAS is the world’s longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brendan Mullin)