Routine maintenance aboard USS Ronald Reagan [Image 3 of 6]

USPACOM, AT SEA

11.07.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey Lee  

U.S. Navy           

Aviation boatswain's mate (handling) Petty Officer 3rd Class Tiffany Bray and aviation boatswain's mate (handling) Airman Davy Bradley, duck beneath the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan?s crash and salvage training aircraft to clean a railing on the flight deck. During a no-fly day, Sailors from various departments on board perform routine maintenance, cleaning, and systems checks. 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 oceans, 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: 11.07.2008
• Date Posted: 10.06.2011 01:41
• Photo ID: 127135
• VIRIN: 081107-N-3610L-024
• Resolution: 2592x3872
• Size: 951.59 KB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA