Caption:
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 29, 2008) -- Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Eric
Gritzmacher fires an M-14 rifle with an M87 line-throwing adaptor to
cast a line from the amphibous dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48)
to the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxant
(T-AO 201) during a fuel replenishment at sea. Ashland is deployed to
the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility as part of Nassau
expeditionary Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication
Specialist Seaman Mandy Hunsucker (RELEASED)
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