Keywords: Passing exercise with Indian Navy DVIDS123898.jpg en With the sun fighting through the haze in the early morning hours USS Thach steers to port moving into place for a passing exercise with the Indian Navy's Western Fleet The PASSEX symbolized the completion of the exercise which was designed to increase cooperation between the Indian and U S Navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the U S Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean the U S 7th Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U S fleets covering 52 million square miles with approximately 50 ships 120 aircraft and 20 000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time 2008-10-22 https //www dvidshub net/image/123898 081022-N-+++++-004 2008-10-23 01 44 USS RONALD REAGAN AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Thach FFG-43 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |