221221-N-SN516-1179 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 21, 2022) Navy Seaman Kenneth Leone, left, from Franklinton, and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Wyatt Thomas, from Wakima, Wash., hook cargo to a Super Puma helicopter from the fleet dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73). Decatur, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is currently underway in 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and
221221-N-SN516-1179 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 21, 2022) Navy Seaman Kenneth Leone, left, from Franklinton, and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Wyatt Thomas, from Wakima, Wash., hook cargo to a Super Puma helicopter from the fleet dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73). Decatur, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is currently underway in 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Negron)
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