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

USPACOM, AT SEA

10.20.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Prill 

U.S. Navy           

Aviation boatswain's mate (fuels) Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Bodiford prepares the internals of a fire hose prior to it being hydrostatically tested. Hydrostatic test is a form of maintenance used to verify the hoses strength and to ensure it is suitable to remain in use. 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: 10.20.2008
• Date Posted: 10.05.2011 18:50
• Photo ID: 127140
• VIRIN: 081020-N-7730P-022
• Resolution: 2592x3872
• Size: 1.46 MB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA