Photo by Deanna Rees | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 09.12.2019
190912-N-MO929-0001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2019) Jason Krumholz, a marine mammal observer from Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, participates in a lookout effectiveness study. The study evaluates the effectiveness of U.S. Navy lookout watchstanders, who are the primary means to identify and log the presence of marine species on the sea surface. The Navy, as required by......
Photo by Bobbie Camp | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 09.11.2019
190911-N-N0701-0001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 11, 2019) Dolphins ride the bow waves of a U.S. Navy replenishment ship during a lookout effectiveness study. The study evaluates the effectiveness of U.S. Navy lookout watchstanders, who are the primary means to identify and log the presence of marine species on the sea surface. The Navy, as required by environmental permits, mitigates the potential......
Photo by Deanna Rees | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 09.11.2019
190911-N-MO929-0001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 11, 2019) Two bottlenose dolphins approach a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer during a lookout effectiveness study, which evaluates the effectiveness of U.S. Navy lookout watchstanders who detect protected marine species during at-sea training and testing activities. Lookouts go through extensive qualification training and are the primary means to......
Photo by Deanna Rees | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 09.11.2019
190911-N-MO929-0002 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 11, 2019) A bottlenose dolphin rides the bow waves of a U.S. Navy replenishment ship during a lookout effectiveness study. The study evaluates the effectiveness of U.S. Navy lookout watchstanders, who are the primary means to identify and log the presence of marine species on the sea surface. The Navy, as required by environmental permits, mitigates......
Photo by Deanna Rees | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 09.10.2019
190910-N-MO929-0001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 10, 2019) A Sailor stands a lookout watch aboard a guided-missile destroyer during a lookout effectiveness study. The study evaluates the effectiveness of U.S. Navy lookout watchstanders, who are the primary means to identify and log the presence of marine species on the sea surface. The Navy, as required by environmental permits, mitigates the......
Courtesy Photo | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 02.07.2019
190207-N-TJ067-0001 CHARLESTON, S.C. (Feb. 7, 2019) Gwen Lockhart, right, a marine resource specialist with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, discusses collaborative U.S. Navy-funded research that compares Kemp’s ridley and loggerhead sea turtle habitat utilization in Virginia and Maryland state waters with a visitor during a poster session at the 2019 International Sea Turtle......
Courtesy Photo | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 02.07.2019
190207-N-HN327-0001 CHARLESTON, S.C. (Feb. 7, 2019) Brittany Bartlett, left, a marine resource specialist with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, discusses U.S. Navy-funded marine species research with a visitor at the ‘Stewards of the Sea: Defending Freedom, Protecting the Environment’ exhibit during the 2019 International Sea Turtle Symposium. The U.S. Navy is committed to......
Photo by Bobbie Camp | Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command | 05.24.2018
180524-N-N0701-0005 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 24, 2018) Gwen Lockhart, a marine biologist from Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic, releases a tagged Kemp's ridley sea turtle back into the ocean off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va. The tag is used to track the turtle’s movements and the release was conducted as part of a Navy research project with the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science......
