Sailors Practice for a Vertical Replenishment-at-Sea aboard USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) [Image 129 of 319]

PACIFIC OCEAN

01.29.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelsey Adams 

U.S. Navy           

170130-N-RM689-531
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 30, 2017) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Robert Davis (left), from Kansas City, Kansas, keeps an eye on the hook attached to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78 while Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Nick Gravesande, from Tecate, Mexico, guides him out from under the helicopter during a practice exercise for a future vertical replenishment-at-sea on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer 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 U.S. 3rd Fleet into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. 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 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)

• Date Taken: 01.29.2017
• Date Posted: 02.03.2017 00:22
• Photo ID: 3140751
• VIRIN: 170130-N-RM689-531
• Resolution: 5568x3712
• Size: 987.8 KB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN