MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug 18, 2013) Ð Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 2nd Class Benjamin Kieldhold, from Sioux City, Iowa, signals to receive line during a vertical replenishment-at-sea (VERTREP) with Military Sealift Command oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195) aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107). Gravely, homeported in Norfolk, Va., is on a scheduled deployment supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 6th Fleet area of responsibility.

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