USS Vella Gulf conducts burials at sea [Image 35 of 41]

USS VELLA GULF, AT SEA

03.23.2014

Photo by Andrew L Clark 

Defense Imagery Management Operations Center     

(Pictured from left to right, back row to front) Ensign Stanley J. Gracyk, PSSA Delia J. Kennedy, IT3 Benjamin Wood, ET2 Alexandra S. Diperry, Ensign James S. Smith, IT2 Katherine M. Garret, OSSN Enmanuel S. Gnahoui-David, CTR3 Cameron S. Peterson, LS2 Alisha M. Groff, and Ensign Denzel Reina, stand at parade rest at the opening of a burial at sea ceremony on board USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) honoring 19 deceased veterans and their families. The USS Vella Gulf is headed to Scotland to participate in Joint Warrior 14-1, a semi-annual, United Kingdom-led training exercise designed to provide NATO and allied forces a unique multi-warfare environment in which to prepare for global operations. The Joint Warrior exercise is intended to improve interoperability between allied navies in an operationally challenging environment (U.S. Navy photo by ET2(SW) Mathew A. Heidarisafa)

• Date Taken: 03.23.2014
• Date Posted: 03.27.2014 17:55
• Photo ID: 1199461
• VIRIN: 140323-N-ZX718-001
• Resolution: 5857x2712
• Size: 3.72 MB
• Location: USS VELLA GULF, AT SEA