PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 29, 2024) Episode two of the “Inside the Rough Life” series highlighting the Hull Maintenance Technicians aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Pimpaka Kruthun)
Prior to the establishment of Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) in 1942, and the passing of the Women’s Armed Service Integration Act in 1948, women sat in the back seat for a large part of U.S. military history. Society and the U.S. military has changed drastically in the past 100 years, seeing an increase in the number of opportunities for women.
Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt (CVN 71), there are a group of Sailors aboard specially trained and skilled to help at a moment’s notice. They're known as Hull Maintenance Technicians (HT).
Twenty-nine veterans and dependents of the armed forces were laid to rest aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a burial at sea ceremony, Feb. 19, 2024.
Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) took to the streets of Guam and participated in community relations (COMREL) projects with the intention to beautify, assist and connect with the community.
A devoted family man, Theodore Roosevelt suffered an immense tragedy when his wife and mother died only hours apart on Valentine’s Day. In his grief, Roosevelt entrusted his children with close family and headed west to be a cowboy in 1883.
A ship’s medical department is a complicated, interwoven group of people with different responsibilities dedicated to the health and wellbeing of the crew. Ranging from the ship’s nurse to the enlisted corpsman the medical administration, everyone has a purpose and a mission to complete.
Many Sailors assigned and embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) don and collect patches that represent their squadron or ship via an artistic means.