Tucson native deploys to Pacific with Navy carrier group
Among the thousands of U.S. Navy sailors deploying to the Indo-Pacific with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is Tucson's Gerardo Valenzuela, a fire controlman aboard the USS Russell, a guided-missile destroyer.
The Russell joined the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and other ships in leaving San Diego over the weekend, sailing west into the Pacific on a scheduled deployment.
The Russell (DDG 59) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.