A flight deck crew member aboard the USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) attaches a cargo pendant.
A flight deck crew member aboard the USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) attaches a cargo pendant onto the hook of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment with the guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) as the ships steam in the Persian Gulf on Feb. 25, 2005. The Artic is a Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship.