USS Ronald Reagan flight deck drills [Image 3 of 11]

USS RONALD REAGAN, AT SEA

10.22.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Buliavac 

U.S. Navy           

Personnel assigned to the crash and salvage team practice removing an injured aviator from an aircraft during flight deck drills on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The crash and salvage team is assigned with fighting fires and dealing with other emergency situations. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine 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: 10.22.2008
• Date Posted: 10.23.2008 00:51
• Photo ID: 123875
• VIRIN: 081022-N-3659B-006
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 1.63 MB
• Location: USS RONALD REAGAN, AT SEA