Keywords: US Navy 080925-N-9758L-048 The class frigate USS Reuben James (FFG 57) departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor.jpg en PEARL HARBOR Hawaii Sept 25 2008 The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Reuben James FFG 57 departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor Reuben James and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O'Kane DDG 77 departed from Pearl Harbor as part of the Mid-Pacific Surface Combatant Operational Employment program The program calls for nine of the 11 Hawaii-based surface combatants to focus on the Western Pacific by conducting intermediate/advanced training and regular deployments in the Western Pacific and is designed to improve the U S Pacific Fleet's war fighting readiness and effectiveness U S Navy photo by Mass Communication 2nd Class Michael A Lantron/Released 2008-09-25 080925-N-9758L-048 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 64619 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication 2nd Class Michael A Lantron PD-USGov-Military-Navy 2008 in Pearl Harbor Images from US Navy location Pearl Harbor Hawaii General views of USS O'Kane DDG-77 |