It didn't take long for me to figure out the importance of planning and being assertive. One of my first missions after joining the squadron was to fly to NAS Whidbey Island in a flight of three MH-60Ss to support USS Abraham Lincoln's (CVN 72) flight-deck certification. The helicopter aircraft commanders (HACs) of the echelon were the XO, OpsO, and a junior officer (JO) HAC; I was flying with the JO HAC.
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