040225-N-3931M-079 Shanghai, China (Feb. 25, 2004) Ð Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Leon Howell, of Palm Beach, Fla., participates in a basketball game between soldiers from People's Liberation Army (PLA) and Sailors from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) ÒBlue TideÓ basketball team at the Wusong Navy Base. Blue Ridge, the command ship of the Seventh Fleet, arrived in Shanghai, China on a routine port visit. While in port, Sailors and Marines assigned to the ship and embarked staff took in the local culture and interacted with their counterparts from the People's Liberation Army (Navy). The ship is f
040225-N-3931M-079 Shanghai, China (Feb. 25, 2004) Ð Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Leon Howell, of Palm Beach, Fla., participates in a basketball game between soldiers from People's Liberation Army (PLA) and Sailors from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) ÒBlue TideÓ basketball team at the Wusong Navy Base. Blue Ridge, the command ship of the Seventh Fleet, arrived in Shanghai, China on a routine port visit. While in port, Sailors and Marines assigned to the ship and embarked staff took in the local culture and interacted with their counterparts from the People's Liberation Army (Navy). The ship is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael R. McCormick. (RELEASED) US Navy 040225-N-3931M-079 Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Leon Howell, of Palm Beach, Fla., participates in a basketball game between soldiers from People's Liberation Army (PLA) and Sailors from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19)
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