USNS Yukon and USS Ronald Reagan

Seaman April Gardner, of Moultrie, Ga., operates a receiving station aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during an opposed replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202). Ships conduct an opposed RAS to practice completing replenishments at sea in a wartime scenario with other ships in the same carrier strike group providing perimeter protection. Ronald Reagan and Yukon performed the opposed RAS as part of a Composite Training Unit Exercise. Ronald Reagan is currently underway in preparation for an upcoming deployment.
Photo by: Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin B. Gray