Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 06.28.2010
Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Bell, quartermaster, from Tampa, Fla., demonstrates the ship's fire hose to students of Maestral Orphanage aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Taylor. The Sailors hosted twenty children for a tour of the ship as part of a community service project. Taylor is participating in the Partnership of Adriatic Mariners during a scheduled deployment in the......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 06.26.2010
Dakota Fox, machinist's mate fireman, left, from Bay Area, Calif., and Jason Dziedzic, hull maintenance technician fireman, from Philadelphia, set up "I"-type shoring on a simulated sagging overhead during a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is underway helping to ensure......
Photo by Seaman David Finley | U.S. Navy | 06.26.2010
Petty Officer 2nd Class July Bridgeman, boatswain's mate, pipes reveille from the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility....
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 06.26.2010
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower stand at attention on the flight deck as the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman transits past. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed as part of an ongoing rotation of forward-deployed forces supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility....
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jared Hill | U.S. Navy | 06.26.2010
Sailors assigned to the weapons department aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington fire an M2 .50 caliber machine gun during a night live-fire exercise. The live-fire exercise demonstrated the ship's capabilities while training for night boat attack procedures. George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is underway supporting security and......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 06.26.2010
Members of the U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, perform a "T" formation above Davenport Municipal Airport during the opening ceremony of the Quad City Air Show. Nearly 100,000 airshow enthusiasts attend the two-day event, which also featured performances by the Navy F/A-18C Hornet and Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle demonstration teams. The Leap Frogs are based in San Diego......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Barton | U.S. Navy | 06.25.2010
Retired Cmdr. Donald J. Hayes, former commanding officer of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 10 from June 1966 through August 1967, and Airman Jason Henry, aircrew survival equipmentman, the youngest Sailor at HS-10, cut the cake during the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the squadron. HS-10 is a shore-based unit of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet and was......
Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Erik Reynolds | U.S. Navy | 06.25.2010
The Ticonderoga-class Ageis cruiser USS Bunker Hill passes under the Golden Gate Bridge to conduct exercises with the Russian Federation Navy missile cruiser Varyag....