U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Thiel Wyatt cleans the underside of an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Battle Cats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) in the South China Sea, Oct. 21, 2025. Wayne E. Meyer, assigned to the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations on a scheduled deployment, demonstrating the U.S. Navy’s unwavering commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles J. Scudellla III)
| Date Taken: | 10.21.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 11.27.2025 18:33 |
| Photo ID: | 9412848 |
| VIRIN: | 251021-N-VM650-1250 |
| Resolution: | 3360x2240 |
| Size: | 917.59 KB |
| Location: | SOUTH CHINA SEA |
| Web Views: | 23 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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