Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) secure an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter to the flight deck during Spring Patrol 2008 near Okinawa, Japan. Harpers Ferry is forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan and is assigned to the Essex Expeditionary Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl)