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USS Russell (DDG 59) breaks away from USNS Pecos after refueling. (U.S. Navy photo by CMCS Mark D. Faram)
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Photo from the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) Builder's Trial of USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers. (Courtesy photos by General Dynamics NASSCO)
USS Spruance (DDG 111) conducts replenishment-at-sea with USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor Crenshaw)
An MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, receives ammunition from the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), Feb. 4, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Novalee Manzella)
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) on Aug. 13, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Sarah Weinstein)
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) send pallets to the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195) during a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 19, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron T. Smith)
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), left, receives fuel and supplies from USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194), Jan. 16, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brandie Nuzzi)
USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda)
An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter transports cargo from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) to the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea, Oct. 7. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra Beaufort)
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) stand in formation prior to a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) in the Indian Ocean, Sept. 29. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aja Bleu Jackson)
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force oiler JS Hamana (AO-424) connects its fuel line to Military Sealift Command’s commercial charter oiler MT Badlands Trader during ships qualification training at sea West of Kyushu, Japan, July 23, 2024
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U.S. Naval Sea Cadets learn how to lay out mooring lines during an underway aboard USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) July 15, 2024. During the underway, cadets spent time aboard a sea-going vessel to learn about the ship's day-to-day operations.
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Cmdr. Omari D. Buckley, right, outgoing commander, Military Sealift Command Ship Support Unit Guam, speaks to the audience during the SSU Guam change of command ceremony in the base chapel at Naval Base Guam, July 12, 2024. (Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana)
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240618-N-HT008-1821 SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 18, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), left, conducts bilateral operations with Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) in the South China Sea, June 18, 2024. Combined operations such as this are intended to improve interoperability between allied navies and support a free and open Indo-Pacific. Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Trevor Hale)
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DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory—Capt. Nathan W. Fugate, left, relinquishes command of Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron Two to Capt. Aaron L. Helgerson during a ceremony at headquarters, U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, June 10, 2024. (Navy photo by Ensign Jayme Gordon)
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USS Russell Completes First Deployment Milestone - Arrives in Pearl Harbor [Image 8 of 14]
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Students from The Seattle Maritime Academy, pose onboard the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) during the recent family cruise in the Pacific Northwest.
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