SASEBO, Japan (March 14, 2024) Captain Patrick German, USS New Orleans’ (LPD 18) Commanding Officer, exchanges an American flag with a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force flag from Captain Tomohiro Tomimatsu, Commanding Officer of JS Haguro (DDG 180), during a flag exchange ceremony hosted on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel JS Haguro on March 14. New Orleans, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is forward deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Junior Grade Allysin C. Marsico)
Date Taken: | 03.14.2024 |
Date Posted: | 03.21.2024 09:08 |
Photo ID: | 8300714 |
VIRIN: | 240314-N-RH471-4938 |
Resolution: | 7728x5152 |
Size: | 5.09 MB |
Location: | JP |
Web Views: | 13 |
Downloads: | 5 |
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