220925-N-XB010-1003 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 25, 2022) – Captain Douglas Graber, commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans’ (LPD 18), and Cdr. Randall Schimpf, executive officer, supervise as the ship pulls alongside USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198) for an underway replenishment-at-sea while in the South China Sea. New Orleans, part of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace


220925-N-XB010-1003 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 25, 2022) – Captain Douglas Graber, commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans’ (LPD 18), and Cdr. Randall Schimpf, executive officer, supervise as the ship pulls alongside USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198) for an underway replenishment-at-sea while in the South China Sea. New Orleans, part of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.


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