Keywords: US Navy 030617-N-4374S-009 The Arleigh Burke-class, guided missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), steams through the Baltic Sea while the British oiler RFA Orange Leaf (A 110) conducts underway replenishment with the Aegis class.jpg en Baltic Sea Jun 17 2003 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ross DDG 71 steams through the Baltic Sea while the British oiler RFA Orange Leaf A 110 conducts underway replenishment with the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf CG 72 during the annual maritime exercise Baltic Operations 2003 BALTOPS The United States and 12 other nations are participating in this year's exercise BALTOPS 2003 is intended to improve interoperability between allies and Partnership for Peace countries by conducting support operations at sea including exercises in gunnery replenishment at sea undersea warfare radar tracking mine countermeasures seamanship search and rescue maritime interdiction operations and scenarios dealing with potentially real world crises U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg RELEASED 2003-06-17 030617-N-4374S-009 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 8136 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Vella Gulf CG-72 Underway replenishment BALTOPS 2003 USS Ross DDG-71 RFA Orangeleaf A110 |