Meet Sonar Technician 2nd Class Cassandra Cutler, from Holyoke. In this picture she is operating a console to pull in the tactical towed-array sonar system aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). Vella Gulf is conducting operations in the Atlantic Ocean.
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