Musician 2nd Class Jared Brannon, who’s a Cypress native assigned to Navy Band Northwest, performs as USS Hopper (DDG 70) arrives in Homer, Alaska, for a scheduled port visit in conjunction with its participation in Northern Edge 2017. Northern Edge is a biennial training exercise conducted in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, which is comprised of the area within the Gulf of Alaska, as well as land and airspace within the state, and includes participation from units assigned to Alaskan Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet, Marine Corps Forces Pacific, and U.S. Army Pacific.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joseph Montemarano
This photo appeared in the May 17, 2017 print edition of the News Enterprise.