USS Ronald Reagan flight deck drills [Image 9 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 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 00:55
• Photo ID: 123881
• VIRIN: 081022-N-3659B-117
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 1.25 MB
• Location: USS RONALD REAGAN, AT SEA