USS Wayne E. Meyer Conducts a Vertical Replenishment-at-Sea on the Forecastle [Image 13 of 16]

U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

03.27.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelsey Adams 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

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U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 27, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Runsiya Richards (front), from Tacoma, Washington, and Seaman Thomas Bade, from St. Louis, Michigan, signal to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, as it brings cargo from Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea aboard 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 U.S. 3rd Fleet command and control functions into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have routinely patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)

• Date Taken: 03.27.2017
• Date Posted: 03.29.2017 05:47
• Photo ID: 3266874
• VIRIN: 170327-N-RM689-641
• Resolution: 5568x3712
• Size: 1003.95 KB
• Location: U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY