Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Riley Gasdia | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 05.16.2023
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 16, 2023) Quartermaster Seaman Kathrine Ohearn reads the bearings of landmarks off the starboard side of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are underway participating in the Carrier Strike Group Four Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is the final pre-deployment......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Indra Beaufort | U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet | 04.05.2021
210405-N-IE405-3214 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 5, 2021) Quartermaster 2nd Class Sydney McDermott takes bearings through the telescopic alidade aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) during a sea and anchor evolution as the ship pulls into port in Souda Bay, Greece, April 5, 2021. Philippine Sea is currently deployed to the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of......
Photo by Seaman Chris Roys | Navy Public Affairs Support Element East - (Active) | 01.15.2019
190115-N-AT530-1043 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Jan. 15, 2019) – Yeoman 3rd Class Christopher Martinez reads bearings on the bridge wing of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) while transiting the Suez Canal, Jan. 15, 2019. Fort McHenry is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael P Semales | U.S. Navy | 01.21.2018
180121-N-YG414-103 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 21, 2018) Quartermaster 3rd Class Joshua Stroberger, attached to the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), uses an alidade navigational device to relay bearings from land readings to quartermasters inside the pilothouse as the ship exits dry dock. The ship and crew now enter a final upkeep and training phase in preparation to become fully......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Vance Hand | U.S. Navy | 10.09.2017
171009-N-ZS023-056 EILAT, Israel (Oct. 9, 2017) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Octavia Darring, from Newark, New Jersey, adjusts the bearings on an Mark 38 gun aboard the America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), as the ship departs Eilat, Israel, following a scheduled port visit Oct. 9, 2017. America is the flagship for the America Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Darren Moore | U.S. Navy | 09.07.2017
170907-N-ME988-0038 TOULON, France (Sept. 7, 2017) Quartermaster 3rd Class Ana K. Motapalmares uses a telescopic alidade aboard the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) as the ship arrives in Toulon, France, for a scheduled port visit Sept. 7, 2017. Carter Hall is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit to support......
Photo by Seaman Alyssa Sperle | U.S. Navy | 02.28.2017
170228-N-KP948-059 PLYMOUTH, United Kingdom (Feb. 28, 2017) Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Candelario Contreras takes bearings aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) as the ship arrives in Plymouth, United Kingdom. Donald Cook is forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S.......
Photo by Seaman Alyssa Sperle | U.S. Navy | 02.28.2017
170228-N-KP948-059 PLYMOUTH, United Kingdom (Feb. 28, 2017) Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Candelario Contreras takes bearings aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) as the ship arrives in Plymouth, United Kingdom. Donald Cook is forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S.......
