USS Ronald Reagan flight deck drills [Image 8 of 11]

USS RONALD REAGAN, AT SEA

10.22.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Buliavac 

U.S. Navy           

Petty Officer 3rd Class Morris Thomas gives the hand signal to raise the barricade stanchions during flight deck drills on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The barricade is used in cases when aircraft return to the carrier with problems that prevent a safe landing. 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 00:55
• Photo ID: 123880
• VIRIN: 081022-N-3659B-229
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 1.32 MB
• Location: USS RONALD REAGAN, AT SEA