Operations aboard USS Ronald Reagan [Image 7 of 7]

USPACOM, AT SEA

11.11.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey Lee  

U.S. Navy           

Airman Ashley Ordorica, a 20 year old native of Globe, Ariz., prepares to hoist a 50 caliber machine gun to its mount 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 22:33
• Photo ID: 128326
• VIRIN: 081111-N-3610L-022
• Resolution: 2592x3872
• Size: 1.02 MB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA