Visiting Thailand [Image 5 of 13]

PHUKET, THAILAND

09.24.2009

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chelsea Kennedy 

U.S. Navy           

Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan ride elephants through a jungle in Thailand during a Morale Welfare and Recreation sponsored tour. The tour was a day long adventure where Sailors went white water rafting, took elephant rides, ate local fresh fruit grown on site, took a hike to a water fall and ate an authentic Thai meal. 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: 09.24.2009
• Date Posted: 09.28.2009 04:56
• Photo ID: 206988
• VIRIN: 090924-N-4995K-142
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 2.03 MB
• Location: PHUKET, TH