Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Collier | Carrier Strike Group 11 | 08.31.2020
“Flight quarters, flight quarters, man your flight quarters stations” rings out over the general announcing system aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114). It’s a call that is well known aboard Ralph Johnson and throughout the Navy, as flight operations play a critical role in a deployed ship’s mission. While movies such as Top Gun and......
Story by Seaman Drace Wilson | Carrier Strike Group 11 | 07.17.2020
The sole Catholic priest in Carrier Strike Group 11, Lt. Matthew Benjamin often leaves the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) to provide religious services to Sailors on the other ships in the strike group via a helicopter known as a “holy helo.”...
