Keywords: US Navy 030612-N-4374S-001 A chock and chain crew, part of the flight deck team aboard the Aegis cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) remains in a ready position while a Russian Helix K-27 helicopter lands aboard ship.jpg en Baltic Sea Jun 12 2003 -- A chock and chain crew part of the flight deck team aboard the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf CG 72 remains in a ready position while a Russian Helix KA-27 helicopter lands aboard ship during the annual maritime exercise Baltic Operations 2003 Baltops 2003 The United States and 12 other nations are participating in this year's exercise BALTOPS 2003 is intended to improve interoperability between allies and Partnership for Peace countries by conducting a peace support operation at sea including exercises in gunnery replenishment-at-sea undersea warfare radar tracking mine countermeasures seamanship search and rescue maritime interdiction operations and scenarios dealing with potentially real world crises U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg RELEASED 2003-06-12 030612-N-4374S-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 8075 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Vella Gulf CG-72 BALTOPS 2003 Kamov Ka-27 Wheel chocks |