A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter assigned to the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment and attached to the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), New York Army National Guard lands 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.