BLUE RIDGE CO VISITS DPAA SITE
240709-N-WM182-1114 NHA TRANG, Vietnam (July 9, 2024) U.S. Army Sgt. Nicolas Jung, a deep sea diver assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), demonstrates dive equipment in front of U.S. Navy Capt. Nicholas DeLeo, commanding officer of the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) aboard a dive barge supporting the DPAA investigation of a 1971 helicopter crash site in the Bay of Nha Trang July 9. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caitlin Flynn)