Keywords: 960203-N-2302H-003 Working Party aboard DDG 55.jpg en 960203-N-2302H-003 Aboard USS Stout February 03 1999 -- Linehandlers traverse the deck of the U S Navy s Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer USS Stout DDG 55 while taking up slack during an underway replenishment with the Cimarron Class Oiler USS Merrimack AO J 179 while transiting eastward in the Atlantic Ocean USS Stout commanded by CDR David Thorson is part of the George Washington Battle Group Members of the battle group departed their homeports in late January for a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Once on station as part the U S Navy s Sixth Fleet they will patrol the waters of the Adriatic in support of NATO Operation Joint Endeavor Official U S Navy photo by Airman Joe Hendricks Released 1999-02-03 960203-N-2302H-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 397 U S Navy photo by Airman Joe Hendricks PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Stout DDG-55 Personnel at underway replenishment Operation Joint Endeavor Military people in 1999 |