USS Ronald Reagan [Image 9 of 12]

USPACOM, AT SEA

11.03.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey Lee  

U.S. Navy           

Petty Officer 3rd Class Tanan Tangpradabkul, chuckles in Primary Flight Control on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during flight operations. PRI-FLY on Ronald Reagan is known to the staff as Club Freedom, as these aviation boatswains mate are able to keep a keen attention to detail even as their welcoming atmosphere is riddled with music. 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 53 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: 09.18.2011 01:44
• Photo ID: 125957
• VIRIN: 081103-N-5961C-001
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 839.15 KB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA