Sailors embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington connect a hoisting sling onto an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.