U.S. sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney connect a pallet to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 12, 2012. The Pinckney, part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations. The helicopter is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Swuadron 8.