Mid Atlantic… USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), USS Mahan (DDG 72) and USNS Kanawa (T-AO 196)

131115-N-ED185-573 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 15, 2013) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawa (T-AO 196) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG-72), transit the Atlantic Ocean before a vertical replenishment at sea. VERTREPs allow larger ships to sustain themselves at sea while deployed by moving cargo between ships via helicopter. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian G. Reynolds/Released)

PHOTEX: USNS Charles Drew SH-60 conducts vertical replenishment with USS Preble

130926-N-TX154-581PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 26, 2013) An SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Island Knights of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HSC) 25 delivers supplies to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). Preble is on patrol with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/Released)

VIDEO: The Call of Blue Water – CNO SITREP 12 (1976)

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