Operations aboard USS Ronald Reagan [Image 2 of 4]

USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), AT SEA

07.10.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Scott    

U.S. Navy           

Personnel on board the fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) attach a cargo pendant to an MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to the "Blackjacks" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 during a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). More than 200 pallets of cargo were transferred onto Ronald Reagan during the RAS, over 40 of which consisted of mail. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, the U.S. 7th Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets covering 52 million square miles, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.

• Date Taken: 07.10.2008
• Date Posted: 07.12.2008 14:26
• Photo ID: 102464
• VIRIN: 080710-N-1635S-005
• Resolution: 2592x3872
• Size: 1.26 MB
• Location: USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), AT SEA