Culinary specialist Seaman Jessica Menz, 20 from Minnesota, carves an orange and cherry tomato into a fruit sculpture in the Chief Petty Officer's Mess aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Culinary specialists make fruit sculptures as garnish for a better presentation of the food they serve. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian oceans, 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.
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Oliver Cole
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