081216-N-2101W-001 MILTON, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2008) Ensign Nathan Malnati, assigned to Helicopter Training Squadron (HT) 8, takes ahold of the controls preparing for his flight in the TH-57 helicopter simulator at Naval Air Station Whiting Field. Malnati hopes to serve with a helicopter sea combat squadron upon graduation this spring. U.S. Navy photo by Alan Warner (Released)
081218-N-8822R-011 GULF OF OMAN (December 18, 2008) An SH-60F Sea Hawk assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 3 transports supplies to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command USNS Supply (TAO-E 6). Theodore Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are conducting operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and are focused on reassuring regional partners of the United States' commitment to security, which promotes stability and global prosperity (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Antwjuan Richards-Jamison
081119-N-8842M-337 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2008) An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to... HSL 51... after a ... bilateral exercise between the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brendan Morgan/Released)
... I'll bet they liked it and mebbe we'll see it replicated on some JMSDF birds in the future .. ??? 
081119-N-8842M-337 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2008) An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Warlords" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 51, approaches the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) after a photo exercise at the culmination of ANNUALEX 2008. ANNUALEX is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brendan Morgan/Released)
