Underway replenishment (UNREP) and Vertical replenishment (VERTREP) with USS George H.W. Bush CVN-77,USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) and USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) #unrep #usnavy #military #cvn | MilitaryPhotoDepot

Archival footage of an underway replenishment at sea — a Brooklyn-class cruiser takes on fuel and supplies from a fleet oiler, gray hulls riding in parallel through rolling blue water. Lines are shot across, hoses rigged, and sailors work in rhythm amid the spray and wind. In those days, during refueling, the ship’s bands played music across the decks — a tradition that turned steel and salt into ceremony. Today the bands are gone, but the practice endures; now the songs come from loudspeakers,