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    Sailors stand watch aboard USS Ronald Reagan [Image 3 of 3]

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    Sailors stand watch aboard USS Ronald Reagan

    INDIAN OCEAN

    10.25.2008

    Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey Lee  

    U.S. Navy           

    Aviation electronics technician Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Helfer, a 28-year-old native of Tampa, Fla., positions a laptop on his chest as he troubleshoots a lighting discrepancy in a SH-60F Seahawk assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Squadron personnel work night and day shifts to ensure the aircraft within their responsibility are well maintained and ready for operations at a moment?s notice. 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 53 million square miles, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.

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    Date Taken: 10.25.2008
    Date Posted: 09.02.2011 09:15
    Photo ID: 124543
    VIRIN: 081026-N-3610L-003
    Resolution: 2592x3872
    Size: 1.3 MB
    Location: INDIAN OCEAN

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