Onboard the US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis), USS MONTEREY (CG 61), Sailor assigned to the cargo crew heave in on the fuel line during a Replenishment At Sea (RAS) with the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The MONTEREY is part of the GEORGE WASHINGTON Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) and is participating in Partnership of the Americas Exercise. The Exercise is a maritime training and readiness deployment of USN Forces with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) objectives for enhanced maritime security
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Monterey (CG 61)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Michael D. Blackwell II, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
20/04/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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