A U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk helicopter with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 51 sits chocked and chained aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) while the ship is under way in the South China Sea Oct. 30, 2012.
Cowpens was part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group (CSG), the Navy's only continuously forward deployed carrier strike group based out of Yokosuka, Japan. The CSG conducted a routine Western Pacific patrol in support of regional security and stability of the Asia-Pacific region. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly, U.S. Navy/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr