A U.S. Sailor signals the pilots of an Army UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment and attached to the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), New York Army National Guard to land aboard the dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during deck landing qualification exercises Dec. 26, 2013, in the Persian Gulf. Navy and Army National Guard aircraft conducted joint littoral training missions in the area to increase interoperability. The 42nd CAB was deployed to the region in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.