SASEBO, Japan (March 20, 2015) Tim Mastbergen climbs down a ladder into the main engine exhaust stack aboard the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3). Fort Worth is in port conducting a brief and routine maintenance availability during a 16-month rotational deployment in support of the Indo-Asia-Pacific Rebalance. Mastbergen is a retired senior chief mechanical gas turbine system technician.

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