USS Lake Champain (CG 57) .25mm Machine Gun Maintenance [Image 5 of 11]

PACIFIC OCEAN

01.25.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Serpico 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

170125-N-FT178-021 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 25, 2017) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Ernest Hamlin, from Nacogdoches, Texas, left, and Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Miguel Francoduran, from San Jose, California, remove the receiver of a .25mm machine gun on the aft missile deck of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) during routine maintenance. Lake Champlain is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of the U.S. 3rd Fleet in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico/Released)

• Date Taken: 01.25.2017
• Date Posted: 01.28.2017 18:47
• Photo ID: 3128397
• VIRIN: 170125-N-FT178-021
• Resolution: 1800x1624
• Size: 1.72 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN
• Hometown: NACOGDOCHES, TX, US
• Hometown: SAN JOSE, CA, US