Tampa Native Serves In The Philippine Sea Aboard USS Howard

Quartermaster Seaman Emilio Pagan, from Tampa, Florida (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban)

TAMPA, Fla. – Quartermaster Seaman Emilio Pagan, from Tampa, Florida, lowers the Romeo flag aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83).

This photo was taken by the U.S. Navy during a replenishment-at-sea with Henry J. Kaiser-Class Underway Replenishment Oiler USNS John Ericson (T-AO-194) in the Philippine Sea, April 17.

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Howard is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force.

Commander Task Force (CTF 73), in coordination with Military Sealift Command Far East (MSC FE), refuels and resupplies deployed naval forces along with regional allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific.

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