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    USS Russell (DDG 59) Conducts Routine Operations [Image 2 of 5]

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    A ground crew member wearing yellow safety gear and a helmet marked '208' signals to a blue and white helicopter hovering above an offshore vessel or platform deck. The helicopter appears to be conducting a cargo sling load operation over open ocean. The scene depicts a routine offshore logistics or supply operation.

    PACIFIC OCEAN

    03.06.2021

    Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Wade Costin 

    USS Russell (DDG 59)

    PACIFIC OCEAN (March 6, 2021) U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Viviana Casulcintron, from Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, directs the pilot of an H225 Super Puma helicopter, assigned to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10), to deliver supplies to the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) during a vertical replenishment March 6, 2021. Russell, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wade Costin)

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    Date Taken: 03.06.2021
    Date Posted: 03.09.2021 05:45
    Photo ID: 6548298
    VIRIN: 210306-N-FZ335-1138
    Resolution: 3100x4657
    Size: 1000.02 KB
    Location: PACIFIC OCEAN
    Hometown: YABUCOA, PR
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    A blue, white, and red Erickson-branded helicopter (registration N256EV) hovers above the flight deck of a naval vessel at sea, lifting cargo nets containing supplies via a sling load. The operation appears to be a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) or cargo transfer over open ocean. The helicopter's main rotor blades are visibly motion-blurred, indicating active flight.
    A ground crew member wearing yellow safety gear and a helmet marked '208' signals to a blue and white helicopter hovering above an offshore vessel or platform deck. The helicopter appears to be conducting a cargo sling load operation over open ocean. The scene depicts a routine offshore logistics or supply operation.
    The image is captured through a circular optical instrument, likely a telescope or binocular lens, showing two naval vessels at sea. The ships appear to be conducting an underway replenishment (UNREP) operation, connected by a visible line or cable between them. The scene is set on open ocean under hazy, overcast conditions.
    Two naval vessels are underway in open ocean waters under a partly cloudy sky. The left vessel appears to be a guided-missile cruiser or destroyer with a distinctive superstructure and radar masts, while the right vessel appears to be a larger auxiliary or replenishment ship. Both ships are producing visible wakes, indicating they are traveling at moderate speed in close proximity.
    A blue and white helicopter is performing a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) operation over open ocean, carrying a cargo net loaded with supplies suspended beneath it by a sling line. The helicopter appears to be a medium-sized twin-engine utility type, viewed from below and slightly ahead. The setting is an open sea environment under partly cloudy skies.

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    Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group

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