USS Ronald Reagan [Image 8 of 11]

USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), AT SEA

11.08.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Buliavac 

U.S. Navy           

Supplies are transferred to the hangar deck on aircraft elevator four as Supply Department personnel perform a foreign object damage walk-down on the flight deck after the completion of a vertical replenishment on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The VERTREP took place between Ronald Reagan and the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd and also 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 06:55
• Photo ID: 127164
• VIRIN: 081108-N-3659B-367
• Resolution: 2848x4288
• Size: 1.32 MB
• Location: USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), AT SEA