A sailor aboard the USS Seattle (AOE 3) attaches a cargo sling to the hook of an SH-60 Seahawk during vertical replenishment operations conducted with the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) in the northern Persian Gulf on Sept. 22, 2004. The Seahawk is assigned to Helicopter Support Squadron 5. The Seattle and Harpers Ferry are operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.