Operations aboard USS Ronald Reagan [Image 1 of 7]

USPACOM, AT SEA

11.11.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrey Lee  

U.S. Navy           

Airman Ashley Ordorica, a 20-year-old native of Globe, Ariz., sights an incoming target during a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Ordorica fired over 400 rounds down range and experienced how the weapon reacts when fired. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled 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: 11.11.2008
• Date Posted: 11.12.2008 23:16
• Photo ID: 128320
• VIRIN: 081111-N-3610L-336
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 848.72 KB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA