PACIFIC OCEAN (April 30, 2010) - Lcpl. Eduardo Rojas, assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Pacific (FAST), practices grappling movements on the main deck of 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). The company is embarked on Blue Ridge and is deployed out of Norfolk, VA. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 30, 2010) - Marine Sgt. Jason Manasan, assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Pacific (FAST), practices martial arts on the main deck of 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). The company is embarked on Blue Ridge and is deployed out of Norfolk, VA. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 30, 2010) - Information Systems Technician Seaman Christian Victoria holds the phone and distance line connecting 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) to dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs /Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 30, 2010) - Musician 3rd Class Travis Stanley with 7th Fleet band performs "Sweet Home Alabama" for the breakaway song as 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge concludes a replenishment-at-sea with cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3). It's a Navy tradition for the receiving ship to play music over the ship's announcement service once the ships break away from each other. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs /Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 30, 2010) - Musician 2nd Class Dirk Denton with 7th Fleet band performs before 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge concludes a replenishment-at-sea with cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3). It's a Navy tradition for the receiving ship to play music over the ship's announcement service once the ships break away from each other. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs /Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 30, 2010) - Culinary Specialist Seaman Felix Balmyr holds the line connecting USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) to dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3). Blue Ridge conducted a replenishment-at-sea with Shepard for refueling. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs /Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 30, 2010)--Seaman Bryant Sheridan takes a break away from the sun before handling lines aboard 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) along side dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3). Blue Ridge rendezvouses regularly with military sealift command ships for refueling and bringing on dry cargo. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel Viramontes/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN – Taking a different approach to the selection replenishment at sea “break away” music, the U.S. 7th Fleet Band performs “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd, for the crews of USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3) and fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19). 7th Fleet Band is the Navy’s only full-time forward deployed band. (Official U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gregory Mitchell/Released)
PEARL HARBOR (April 30, 2010) - The Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) is moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Matthew Perry is conducting its first pre-deployment sea trials in the middle Pacific and has made port visits at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and Lahaina, Maui. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robert Stirrup)
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 29, 2010) - Seaman Drew Iverson launches an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter aboard 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Blue Ridge was conducting flight operations to transfer personnel to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs /Released)
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