A Sailor onboard USS Wasp uses a shipboard phone while underway. After 26 years, the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) is officially ending its Afloat Personal Telecommunications Service (APTS) on Dec. 31, 2021. APTS provided personal calling on board select deployed U.S. Navy ships, using high quality satellite connectivity. NEXCOM is comprised of 16,000 personnel worldwide facilitating seven business lines, NEX retail stores, Navy Lodges, Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, Ships Store Program, Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility, Uniform Program Management Office and Telecommunications Program Office. (U.S. Navy photo)
| Date Taken: | 07.13.2004 |
| Date Posted: | 12.13.2021 09:53 |
| Photo ID: | 6976650 |
| VIRIN: | 040713-N-QY289-0001 |
| Resolution: | 1470x1893 |
| Size: | 315.04 KB |
| Location: | ATLANTIC OCEAN |
| Web Views: | 51 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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