170220-N-RM689-113
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 20, 2017) Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Nicholas Gravesande, from Brooklyn, New York, teaches Sailors about the M240 gun attached to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, after it landed on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) to prepare for a replenishment-at-sea with Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199). Wayne E. Meyer is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)
Date Taken: | 02.19.2017 |
Date Posted: | 02.25.2017 00:12 |
Photo ID: | 3188500 |
VIRIN: | 170220-N-RM689-113 |
Resolution: | 5568x3712 |
Size: | 936.83 KB |
Location: | SOUTH CHINA SEA |
Web Views: | 26 |
Downloads: | 53 |
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