BAY OF BENGAL (July 15, 2017) Sailors handle a phone-and-distance line on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202), July 15, 2017 in the Bay of Bengal. Nimitz is currently deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. Malabar 2017 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises between the Indian navy, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and U.S. Navy that has grown in scope and complexity over the years to address the variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elesia K. Patten)
Date Taken: | 07.15.2017 |
Date Posted: | 07.18.2017 02:16 |
Photo ID: | 3573747 |
VIRIN: | 170715-N-WM647-300 |
Resolution: | 4104x2731 |
Size: | 1.12 MB |
Location: | BAY OF BENGAL |
Web Views: | 9 |
Downloads: | 18 |
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