Routine maintenance aboard USS Ronald Reagan [Image 5 of 6]

USPACOM, AT SEA

11.07.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Prill 

U.S. Navy           

Aviation boatswain's mate (fuels) Petty Officer 1st Class Antonio Osorio tightens a hydrostatic test cap onto the end of a flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Since such a high water pressure is used to test hoses, the caps must be precisely aligned and tightly seated. 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: 10.05.2011 18:56
• Photo ID: 127139
• VIRIN: 081107-N-7730P-021
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 1.6 MB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA