Toccoa native serving duty on guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett
240112-N-VM650-1242 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 12, 2024) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Dalton Simpson, from Toccoa, Georgia, collects a sample of fuel to inspect for impurities during a replenishment-at-sea with Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). Sterett is assigned to Carrier Strike Group ONE and deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles J. Scudella III)
Damage Controlman 3rd Class Dalton Simpson, from Toccoa, collects a sample of fuel to inspect for impurities during a replenishment-at-sea with Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). Sterett is assigned to Carrier Strike Group ONE and deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles J. Scudella III)