YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sep 12, 2018) - Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell L. Smith speaks with the Chiefs Mess during a tour onboard Seventh Fleet Flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Blue Ridge is in a final upkeep and training phase in preparation to become fully mission capable for operations.

---

Size: 1673px × 1195px
Photo credit: © Bob Collet / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -deployed, 22, 31st, 6, 7, 62, 67, 69, 6th, 76, 7th, abraham, air, aircraft, america, amphibious, archive, arg, argmeuex, arleigh, armed, army, assault, beach, bhr, bonhomme, burke, carrier, cg, chancellorsville, chief, class, coral, cpo, craft, cusion, cvn, ddg, deck, defence, destroyer, diego, eisenhower, enlisted, flagship, fleet, flight, force, forces, galley, group, guided, gun, japan, kearsarge, landing, lcc-19, lha, lhd, lhd6, lincoln, lpd, male, master, mcpon, meu, military, missile, motivation, naval, navy, nbu, officer, ofrp, pacific, petty, ras, ready, reagan, replenishment, reportage, richard, ronald, sailors, san, sasebo, sea, selects, service, serviceman, servicemen, shiloh, ship, shoot, soldier, states, underway, unit, united, unrep, usa, usn, uss, wasp