Away the SNOOPIE Team, away! During a General Quarters drill, Blue Ridge SNOOPIE team members tracked and photographed a simulated foreign vessel. #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship

Please join the Blue Ridge crew in congratulating GM3 Erik Renteria on his selection as Sailor of the Week. BZ GM3! #NavysFlagship #FinestintheFleet #ussblueridge #lcc19 #SailoroftheWeek

#ThrowbackThursday As 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) is pushed to the pier by harbor tugs, a Chinese navy band moves into position and crowds begin to gather. Blue Ridge arrived in Shanghai for a four-day goodwill visit May 19, 1989. #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship

Congratulations to Chief Select Parayno, Chief Select Wood, Chief Select Nightengale and Chief Select George for striving for excellence and making their way to becoming a Chief Petty Officer! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship

Congratulations to HM3 Moody for being the Blue Ridge Sailor of the Week! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship

USS Blue Ridge and her crew welcome honored visitor and Medal of Honor recipient, Maj. Gen. (ret.) James E. Livingston for a tour. Livingston was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during battle in the Vietnam War #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship #lcc19 #ussblueridge

Have a look at the crew working hard during Blue Ridge's first overnight fast cruise in more than two years! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship #lcc19 #ussblueridge #fastcruise

Lets give some Likes and Shares for ITSN Martinez-White. #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship

Blue Ridge starts this week with an emphasis on damage control drills as part of MOB-D! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship #ussblueridge #lcc19

Blue Ridge takes her Chemical, Biological and Radiological defense seriously. Can we get some likes and shares for all the training it takes to be operational? #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship #ussblueridge #lcc19 #cbr #training #drills #usnavy #7thfleet #sailorlife

The #ThrowbackThursday photo for this week takes us to 2009 when Blue Ridge moored pierside with USS John C. Stennis, USS Antietam, and USS Preble at Republic of Korea Navy Base Oryuk-Do in Busan! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship

Congratulations to EM3 Bensinger for being named the Blue Ridge Sailor of the Week! Keep up the hard work shipmate! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship #USSBlueRidge #lcc19 #sow #sailoroftheweek #usnavy #7thfleet

FIRE IT UP! The Finest crew in the Fleet lights BLR's boiler once more. Full steam ahead, Blue Ridge is back in business. #Finestinthefleet #NavysFlagship

Blue Ridge welcomed Commander U.S. Forces Korea, General Vincent Brooks for a visit aboard today. Brooks visited Blue Ridge to discuss responsibilities, operations and scheduled events within the 7th Fleet area of operations. #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship

Gotta keep up with that training! Let's give a share and like to these Sailors who make sure Blue Ridge stays safe and strong! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship

Congratulations to BM3 Justina Acosta, CS3 Chelsea Warden, CS3 Angel Avalos Castillo (not pictured), and DC3 George Carter III (not pictured) for being USS Blue Ridge's newest meritoriously promoted Petty Officers! Keep up the outstanding work! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship

Congratulations to YN3 Zaldana for being recognized as USS Blue Ridge's Sailor of the Week! Keep up the great work shipmate! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship

Every Tuesday is General Quarters day aboard Blue Ridge, and every week we keep getting better at fighting our ship! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship #ussblueridge #lcc19 #dc #drills #gq #generalquarters #firefighting #sailorlife #usnavy #7thfleet

Have a look at some of Blue Ridge's finest as they particpated in an ammunition on-load! #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship #ussblueridge #lcc19 #usnavy #7thfleet #fdnf #japan #yokosuka #ammo #onload

#ThrowbackThursday to 2003 when the 7th Fleet band Orient Express played a concert for students from the Ebenezer School for the Visually Impaired during a Blue Ridge port visit in Hong Kong. #FinestintheFleet #NavysFlagship #ussblueridge #lcc19