5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Oct. 4, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class David Watson, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, assigned to deck department aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), directs flight operations while being supported by Marine Cpl. Ryan Carr during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP). Pearl Harbor is part of the America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

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