Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth Crow mounts a 50 caliber machine gun before a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The weapon was used in a live-fire exercise simulating a sea based attack. 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: | 10.23.2011 21:25 |
Photo ID: | 128325 |
VIRIN: | 081111-N-3610L-037 |
Resolution: | 2592x3872 |
Size: | 911.67 KB |
Location: | USPACOM, AT SEA |
Web Views: | 26 |
Downloads: | 4 |
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