Photo by Spc. Tara Moseman | U.S. Navy | 04.29.2010
The U.S. Coast Guard Reliance-class cutter Venturous pulls into Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to take on fuel and stores. Venturous is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet Caribbean area conducting counter-narco-terrorism and migrant operations. GTMO is a logistical hub for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army and Allied vessels operating in the Caribbean theater. (U.S. Navy photo by......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 04.20.2010
Lt. Chris Yost, a pilot assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 71, discusses helicopters with students at Meredith Middle School in Des Moines, Iowa, during a Des Moines Navy Week event. Des Moines is one of 20 Navy Weeks planned across America for 2010. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Wagoner | U.S. Navy | 04.19.2010
Goats graze on invasive weeds at Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor. The base is utilizing the goats as an eco-friendly method of brush clearing in support of Earth Day 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael E. Wagoner)...
Photo by Ensign Michael Sheehan | U.S. Navy | 04.19.2010
Chief Navy Counselor Joseph Kacinski, assigned to Navy Recruiting District Minneapolis, shows students at the Central Campus High School culinary arts program how to make pineapple-mango salsa. Kacinski spent more than 10 years as a Mess Specialist aboard fast-attack and Trident missile submarines before changing rates to Navy Counselor. Kacinski visited the school during Des Moines Navy Week,......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 04.19.2010
Petty Officer 3rd Class Francis Corral, aviation boatswain's mate (equipment), lights a candle in remembrance of a life affected by the Holocaust during a Holocaust Remembrance ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed as a part of an on-going rotation of forward-deployed forces to support maritime security operations in the......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 04.19.2010
Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Nestlerode, aviation electronics technician, performs maintenance on the tail rotor of an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed as part of an on-going rotation of forward-deployed forces to support maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.......
Photo by John Williams | U.S. Navy | 04.19.2010
Capt. Kathryn Hire, an astronaut and Navy reserve component Sailor assigned to the Office of Naval Research, presents items she took to space aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, including an ONR coin, to Rear Adm. Nevin Carr, Chief of Naval Research. Hire was a mission a specialist for STS-130 and is the commanding officer of the Office of Naval Research/Naval Research Lab unit 113 supporting......
Photo by Seaman Apprentice Leonard Adams | U.S. Navy | 04.19.2010
Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush check their e-mail in the ship's library. George H.W. Bush is conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean....