Chief Boatswain’s Mate Bryant Austria directs line handlers aboard the America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) 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 1st Class Danian C Aiko-Douglas)
| Date Taken: | 12.06.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 12.27.2025 19:19 |
| Photo ID: | 9461279 |
| VIRIN: | 251206-N-XP477-1224 |
| Resolution: | 2613x1742 |
| Size: | 804.41 KB |
| Location: | U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY |
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