The go to to CTF 71 was a part of the CNO’s journey to Japan to attend the Worldwide Fleet Evaluation, which included a cease in Yokosuka to work together with senior management and junior Sailors.
“We had been honored to have the CNO go to and have interaction with the workers,” stated Capt. Walt Mainor, Commander, CTF 71/DESRON 15. “Our Sailors are our primary precedence and in the course of the CNO’s go to, we had been capable of discuss how we will ‘Get Actual and Get Higher,’ meet the mission and deal with our ahead deployed Sailors.”
In the course of the CNO’s go to, he re-enlisted Sailors from CTF 71/DESRON 15 assigned ships to incorporate Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Barry (DDG 52), USS Milius (DDG 69), USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) and USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115).
The Sailors who re-enlisted embrace: Command Grasp Chief Tshombe Harris, Logistics Specialist Chief Marion Farrales, Sonar Technician (Floor) Chief Jessica Bennett, Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Benjamin Stier, Electronics Technician 2nd Class Marc Garcia, Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Huntley Rosa, Hearth Controlman (Aegis) third Class Anthony Bagnato, Culinary Specialist third Class Rayqoun Strand, Fuel Turbine Methods Technician (Electrical) 2nd Class Timothy Hilker, Electricians Mate 1st Class Ryan Richards, Yeoman 2nd Class Akary Lwin, Operations Specialist 2nd Class Roberto Ordaz, Info System Technician 1st Class James Mattos, and Yeoman Seaman Jusenna Vasquez.
“Having the chance to re-enlist with the CNO has been a terrific expertise and an honor,” stated Hearth Controlman (Aegis) third Class Anthony Bagnato, assigned to the usMilius. “It is a as soon as in a lifetime alternative that I by no means would have imagined and I’m grateful to have had.”
After the CNO’s go to to CTF 71, he visited the Rafael Peralta whereas pierside and toured the ship, engaged with Sailors, offered awards and addressed the whole crew over the ship’s inner communication system.
Commander, Activity Power 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. seventh fleet’s principal floor drive.
U.S. seventh Fleet is the biggest forward-deployed fleet on the planet, and with the assistance of a community of alliances and companions from 35 different maritime-nations, the U.S. Navy has operated within the Indo-Pacific area for greater than 70 years, offering credible, prepared forces to assist protect peace and stop battle.
