USS Wayne E. Meyer Conducts Flight Operations in the South China Sea [Image 55 of 523]

SOUTH CHINA SEA

02.19.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelsey Adams 

U.S. Navy           

170220-N-RM689-113
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 20, 2017) Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Nicholas Gravesande, from Brooklyn, New York, teaches Sailors about the M240 gun attached to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, after it landed on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) to prepare for a replenishment-at-sea with Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199). 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: 02.19.2017
• Date Posted: 02.25.2017 00:12
• Photo ID: 3188500
• VIRIN: 170220-N-RM689-113
• Resolution: 5568x3712
• Size: 936.83 KB
• Location: SOUTH CHINA SEA