Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Seaman Apprentice Ryan Aker leads students from Ikego Elementary School onto the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85). Each year during the holiday season the students visit ships assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 at Fleet Activities Yokosuka to treat the Sailors to Christmas carols. McCampbell is part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group and is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Declan Barnes/Released) Christmas visit 121213-N-TG831-007

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