Royal Thai Navy frigate HTMS Bangpakong steams alongside the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville and the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley during a passing exercise. The PASSEX follows a nearly week-long port visit to Phuket. 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: | 09.27.2009 |
Date Posted: | 09.28.2009 05:26 |
Photo ID: | 206997 |
VIRIN: | 090927-N-1635S-119 |
Resolution: | 4164x2737 |
Size: | 1.62 MB |
Location: | USS RONALD REAGAN, AT SEA |
Web Views: | 70 |
Downloads: | 17 |
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