YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 22, 2017) - Seaman Nathaniel Smith, left, and Seaman Karina Ibarra Martinez, both attached to the 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), paint areas of the ship's main 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.

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