USS Ronald Reagan [Image 3 of 12]

USPACOM, AT SEA

11.03.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Briana Brotzman 

U.S. Navy           

Airman Apprentice Ashton Hemphill, 20, aviation boatswain's mate of Carol County Md., and Airman Yasmin Horton, 21, aviation boatswain's mate of Delaware Md., wait on tow tractors during a recovery cycle on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Aircraft recovery is part of routine flight operations aboard Reagan. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine 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: 11.03.2008
• Date Posted: 11.03.2008 20:30
• Photo ID: 125951
• VIRIN: 081103-N-2344B-088
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 1.54 MB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA