Damage Controlman 3rd Class Kendrick Cooper, originally from York, S.C., and stationed aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York, stows air hoses after a damage control exercise on the ship’s flight deck Dec. 26, 2014. New York, deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group/24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.