YOKOSUKA, Japan (Dec. 12, 2017) – Ship’s Serviceman 2nd Class Baichuan Qiao (left), attached to the 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), and Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Pepper participate in a damage control drill on the ship's flight deck. Blue Ridge is in an extensive maintenance period in order to modernize the ship to continue to serve as a robust communications platform in the 7th Fleet area of operations. ( Navy

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