201012-N-PS962-0327 [Image 9 of 17]

GULF OF ADEN

10.12.2020

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Louis Staats 

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet           

201012-N-PS962-0327 GULF OF ADEN (Oct. 12, 2020) – Electronics Technician 3rd Class Cassidy Thompson, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), sings Eternal Father during a remembrance ceremony in the Gulf of Aden to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Oct. 12, 2000 attack on the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67), Oct. 12. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Fernann Mendoza)

• Date Taken: 10.12.2020
• Date Posted: 10.14.2020 05:21
• Photo ID: 6389022
• VIRIN: 201012-N-PS962-0327
• Resolution: 4748x3145
• Size: 741.37 KB
• Location: GULF OF ADEN