Operations aboard USS Ronald Reagan [Image 7 of 7]

USS RONALD REAGAN

11.12.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Prill 

U.S. Navy           

Petty Officer 3rd Class Mitchell Wilson keeps a close eye on the launch track as a Seasparrow Missile is slowly cranked out of the launcher. Combat Systems Department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan downloaded 16 Seasparrow Missiles in preparation for the upcoming end of deployment. 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: 11.12.2008
• Date Posted: 10.23.2011 11:42
• Photo ID: 128316
• VIRIN: 081112-N-7730P-009
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 809.61 KB
• Location: USS RONALD REAGAN