US Navy (USN) members of the ceremonial honor guard stand at port arms during a burial at sea memorial in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76). Burial at sea ceremonies are a time-honored maritime tradition that's has been in use as long as people have gone to sea. The RONALD REAGAN is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting routine carrier operations
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAA Christopher D. Blachly, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/06/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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