DVIDS:The sun reflects off of an AV-8B Harrier aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) during sunrise in the Pacific Ocean. Tarawa is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, the U.S. 7th Fleet is the largest of forward deployed U.S. fleets, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.
(U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Barker)
