U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 fire flares alongside the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)in the Atlantic Ocean Aug. 2, 2012.
Lincoln is en route to the United States to complete an eight-month change-of-homeport deployment during which it operated in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zachary A. Anderson, U.S. Navy/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr