South China Sea – Ensign Thomas Wassel, from Loveland, Ohio,  investigates surface contacts while standing deck watch on the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70). Hopper is conducting a routine patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific region.

Wassel is a 2012 graduate of Loveland High School.

(U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Alexander Dawson)



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