Senior Chief Intelligence Specialist Justin Ortega instructs Gunner’s Mate Seaman Dawson Siharath where to shoot the tethering line during a replenishment at sea with the Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199), aboard the America-class amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) in the South China Sea, Dec. 6, 2025. Tripoli, the flagship of the Tripoli Expeditionary Strike Group, is conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Paul LeClair)
| Date Taken: | 12.04.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 12.18.2025 21:30 |
| Photo ID: | 9453000 |
| VIRIN: | 251206-N-KX492-1314 |
| Resolution: | 2391x1594 |
| Size: | 1.15 MB |
| Location: | U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY |
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