Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Sebastian Mendieta prepares a litter for a practice recovery inside an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during a search and rescue exercise with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea, Feb. 15, 2018. Mendieta is a Naval helicopter aircrewman assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 4. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Z.A. Landers