Exercise Malabar [Image 41 of 90]

USS FORT WORTH, BAY OF BENGAL

10.18.2015

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Bishop 

U.S. Navy           

151018-N-MK881-684 BAY OF BENGAL (Oct. 18, 2015) Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Steele, assigned to Surface Warfare Mission Package, Detachment 4, currently embarked aboard the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), handles the phone and distance line during a replenishment at sea from USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6) as part of Exercise Malabar. Currently on a 16-month rotational deployment in support of the Indo-Asia-Pacific Rebalance, Fort Worth is a fast and agile warship tailor-made to patrol the region’s littorals and work hull-to-hull with partner navies, providing 7th Fleet with the flexible capabilities it needs now and in the future. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joe Bishop/Released)

• Date Taken: 10.18.2015
• Date Posted: 10.21.2015 04:59
• Photo ID: 2241421
• VIRIN: 151018-N-MK881-684
• Resolution: 4156x2945
• Size: 823.84 KB
• Location: USS FORT WORTH, BAY OF BENGAL