USS Ronald Reagan [Image 2 of 11]

USPACOM, AT SEA

11.08.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Buliavac 

U.S. Navy           

Mario Barco, chief postal clerk, signals for a forklift to move supplies on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd. Other ships involved in the VERTREP included the fast combat support ship USNS Bridge, the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Thach and other ships assigned to the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group. 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: 11.08.2008
• Date Posted: 10.06.2011 11:00
• Photo ID: 127158
• VIRIN: 081108-N-3659B-030
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 1.15 MB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA