5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 2, 2013) Quartermaster 3rd Class Justin Shepler, from Sierra Vista, Ariz., uses a statometer aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) to gauge the ship’s distance away from the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) during a replenishment-at-sea. Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Strike Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.

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