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Lt. Scott Ramsay monitors Persian Gulf region activity in the Combat Direction Center aboard the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) on Feb. 11, 1998. The McCain is operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. Ramsay is the ship's operations officer.

Lt. Scott Ramsay monitors Persian Gulf region activity in the Combat Direction Center.

Lt. Scott Ramsay monitors Persian Gulf region activity in the Combat Direction Center aboard the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) on Feb. 11, 1998. The McCain is operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. Ramsay is the ship's operations officer.

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