Personnel assigned to the crash and salvage team practice rigging a damaged aircraft to be moved by the crash crane affectionately known as "Tilly" 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 00:52 |
Photo ID: | 123876 |
VIRIN: | 081022-N-3659B-171 |
Resolution: | 2848x4288 |
Size: | 1.27 MB |
Location: | USS RONALD REAGAN, AT SEA |
Web Views: | 36 |
Downloads: | 8 |
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