U.S. Pacific Fleet
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 9, 2012) Seaman Recruit Melvin Rodas, assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89), operates the ship’s control console as helmsman on the bridge. Mustin is part of the George Washington carrier strike group, the Navy’s only continuously forward deployed carrier strike group based out of Yokosuka, Japan and is currently conducting a routine Western Pacific patrol in support of regional security and stability of the vital Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devon Dow/Released)
121109-N-MU720-055
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 9, 2012) Seaman Recruit Melvin Rodas, assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89), operates the ship’s control console as helmsman on the bridge. Mustin is part of the George Washington carrier strike group, the Navy’s only continuously forward deployed carrier strike group based out of Yokosuka, Japan and is currently conducting a routine Western Pacific patrol in support of regional security and stability of the vital Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devon Dow/Released)