Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Higgins signals to the pilot of a C-2A Greyhound as the ground crew checks the aircraft's tail hook before launch on Feb. 2, 2006. Higgins and the Greyhound are attached to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40, which is tasked with providing logistics support to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while in the Persian Gulf.

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