Commander, Destroyer Squadron Two Four (COMDESRON 24), Capt. Anthony Kurta, observes the boarding procedures demonstrated by the British Royal Marines aboard the frigate HMS Somerset (F 82). Kurta met with the Sailors and staff during his visit to Somerset in the Arabian Gulf while embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy. Kennedy and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are on deployment conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Summer Pulse 2004. Summer Pulse is the deployment of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat capability across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces, under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP).
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg
2004-07-22
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