Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (SW) John Thrasher, a native of Clinton, Ill., serves as a safety observer aboard USS Ramage during a replenishment at sea. USS Arctic delivered more than 140,000 gallons of fuel to the guided missile destroyer, along with about 50 pallets of cargo, food and mail via vertical replenishment with an MH-60 helicopter. Ramage is currently on a routine deployment to U.S. 5th Fleet's area of operation as part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group.