241222-N-LU761-2001 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 22, 2024) A brief overview of a Motor Rewind shop aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Dec. 22, 2024. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caden Richmond)
U.S. Navy Lt. Max Vaughn, assistant navigator of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), trains ship personnel at a navigation simulator at Mariner Skills Training Center Pacific in San Diego, California, July 27, 2026. Carl Vinson is currently pierside in its homeport of San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Lucy Fleming
SAN DIEGO - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) has recently modernized onboard fitness facilities, and this was marked by the re-opening of the ship’s mezzanine gym, June 25.
Working in close partnership with Commander, Navy Installations Command Deployed Forces Support, ship Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) team members Shawn Ellison, Carl Vinson’s fitness director, or “Fit Boss,” and Chief Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Chelsea Armendariz, the Recreation Services Officer, secured new fitness equipment and restored multiple workout spaces across the ship. This reinforced the command’s commitment to physical readiness, resiliency and quality of life. As the Fit Boss, Ellison oversees the ship’s...
