U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Rolando Rios directs Sailors to approach an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 during Spartan Kopis Dec. 7, 2013, aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) in the Persian Gulf. Spartan Kopis was a U.S. 5th Fleet training event that validated the effectiveness of using joint aviation assets in a joint and combined maritime environment.