Indian navy and U.S. Navy Cooperation [Image 9 of 14]

INDIAN OCEAN

10.21.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey Lee  

U.S. Navy           

Cmdr. Rey R. Molina, the mini boss on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, points out the ship's four catapults and explains how the ship utilizes them during flight operations to a group of distinguished visitors from India in primary flight control during the Malabar 08 exercises. Malabar is designed to increase cooperation between the Indian navy and U.S. Navy while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the U.S. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, the U.S. 7th Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets covering 52 million square miles, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.

• Date Taken: 10.21.2008
• Date Posted: 08.24.2011 14:34
• Photo ID: 123704
• VIRIN: 081021-N-3610L-177
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 1.13 MB
• Location: INDIAN OCEAN