Petty Officer 1st Class Shanty Casimiro helps Seaman Ashley Wright hook a cargo sling onto the bottom of an AS 332 Super Puma on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during a vertical replenishment. Ronald Reagan received over 500 pallets of supplies from the Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ship USNS Richard E. Byrd and the Fast Combat Support Ship USNS Bridge. 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 11:11 |
Photo ID: | 127162 |
VIRIN: | 081108-N-4005H-088 |
Resolution: | 2592x3872 |
Size: | 1.68 MB |
Location: | USPACOM, AT SEA |
Web Views: | 69 |
Downloads: | 8 |
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