Sailors remove chocks and chains from an SH-60K helicopter assigned to Helicopter Patrol Squadron 211 (HPS 211) of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, which is about to take off form the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). Tortuga is part of the permanently forward-deployed Essex Expeditionary Strike Group, which is participating with the JMSDF in Keen Sword 2011, through Dec. 10. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin)
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