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The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) arrived in Brisbane for a scheduled port visit. While in port, the Carrier Strike Group's approximately 6000 crewmembers will have a chance to participate in friendship-building and goodwill-generating activities.

The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, commanded by Rear Adm. Michael H. Miller, is on a routine deployment and homeported in San Diego, California.

Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, the U.S. Seventh Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft, and 20000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.





















You can find more shots in the following gallery:

http://www.markcrossphotography.com/gal ... ips/ussrr/

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You have to wonder about the hinges on those wings...must be well engineered..

Lucky devil - how'd you manage to get on board?
I though that after 9/11 they stopped all of the public "open days"!

(It's been ages since they had one over here in Perth... )

WestCoast wrote:Lucky devil - how'd you manage to get on board?
I though that after 9/11 they stopped all of the public "open days"!

(It's been ages since they had one over here in Perth... )

i don't think they do public days anymore... i was part of a media group.

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No public tours.

In fact, while it is in Brisbane, no-one is allowed within a fairly wide exclusion zone. The police won't let motorists stop near the wharf where it is berthed.

They say the best viewing postion is from the other side of the river!

xerubus wrote:

There is no doubt that the Americans are very good at acknowledging those who have made sacrifices for the greater good. The info on the side of this plane is a case in point, and quite moving in it's own way.

Greg ... it made my day to find that... obviously because of my interest in all things fire department related.. but also to show that recognition of services go beyond just their own....

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I would hate to be flying on that first one, the propellers are held on by elastic bands