USS Wayne E. Meyer Performs a Vertical Replenishment-at-Sea in the South China Sea [Image 80 of 244]

SOUTH CHINA SEA

02.24.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelsey Adams 

U.S. Navy           

170224-N-RM689-792
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 24, 2017) Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) hook a sling hoist pennant to the bottom of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, during a vertical replenishment-at-sea. 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: 02.24.2017
• Date Posted: 03.02.2017 00:16
• Photo ID: 3198695
• VIRIN: 170224-N-RM689-792
• Resolution: 5100x3365
• Size: 917.83 KB
• Location: SOUTH CHINA SEA