Visiting Thailand [Image 7 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 shovel rocks for work on a Habitat for Humanity house in Thailand. Ronald Reagan Sailors helped to build the house for a local girl and her grandmother as part of community relations projects to foster good relations between the U.S. and Thailand. 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: 206990
• VIRIN: 090924-N-4995K-042
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 1.61 MB
• Location: PHUKET, TH