Fortville Native Participates in Toxic Gas Damage Control Drill

By The Times of Noblesville | January 16, 2023
(Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Negron courtesy of the U.S. Navy)
Damage Controlman 3rd Class Johnclent Paez, from Fortville, Ind., participates in a toxic gas damage control drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73). Decatur, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is currently underway in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
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