1/14/23 FDL Man Serves Aboard USS Nimitz
14 January 2023 News
PHILIPPINE SEA-U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Erick Rick, from Fond du Lac, Wis., brake rides an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Kestrels” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Emma Burgess)
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