USS Kearsarge (LHD 3)

RED SEA (May 22, 2013) The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO-203) and an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), conducts a vertical replenishment-at-sea. Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tamara Vaughn/Released)