Keywords: pacific ocean (poc) pacificoceanpoc outdoor 330-CFD-DN-SD-07-03713: The US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) leads the USN Arleigh Burke Class (Flight IIA) Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis) USS Lassen (DDG 82), the USN Arleigh Burke Class (Flight I and II) Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis) USS John McCain (DDG 56), the USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) as they are underway with the USN USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group (CSG) in the Pacific Ocean (POC) during a photo exercise to kick off Exercise Valiant Shield 2006, which is the largest US joint service exercise in the Pacific Ocean involving elements from the US Air Force (USAF), US Coast Guard (USCG), US Marine Corps (USMC), and the USN. PHAN Benjamin Dennis, USN. (OPA-NARA II-9/30/2015) 330-CFD-DN-SD-07-03713: The US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) leads the USN Arleigh Burke Class (Flight IIA) Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis) USS Lassen (DDG 82), the USN Arleigh Burke Class (Flight I and II) Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis) USS John McCain (DDG 56), the USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) as they are underway with the USN USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group (CSG) in the Pacific Ocean (POC) during a photo exercise to kick off Exercise Valiant Shield 2006, which is the largest US joint service exercise in the Pacific Ocean involving elements from the US Air Force (USAF), US Coast Guard (USCG), US Marine Corps (USMC), and the USN. PHAN Benjamin Dennis, USN. (OPA-NARA II-9/30/2015) |