Operations aboard USS Ronald Reagan [Image 3 of 7]

USPACOM, AT SEA

11.11.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey Lee  

U.S. Navy           

Petty Officer 3rd Class Brittany Cooper puts on a bullet-proof vest before a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Manning the 50 caliber machine gun is one step in many when Ronald Reagan is called to full-bore. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled 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: 11.11.2008
• Date Posted: 10.24.2011 02:31
• Photo ID: 128322
• VIRIN: 081111-N-3610L-140
• Resolution: 2592x3872
• Size: 1.05 MB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA