Sunday, April 29, 2012

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

ARABIAN SEA (April 25, 2012) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Bounty Hunters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Released)

Friday, April 20, 2012

Public Domain Abstract Art


USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81)

CHESAPEAKE BAY (April 16, 2012) The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) prepares to pass through two section of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Winston S. Churchill is preparing for a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

ARABIAN GULF (March 6, 2012) The Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) conduct a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10), center, as the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Daring (D32), background, approaches. Carl Vinson and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Daring is assigned to Combined Maritime Forces, Combined Task Force 152 and is conducting maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Saturday, April 14, 2012

E-2C Hawkeye

INDIAN OCEAN (April 11, 2012) An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 flies over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed participating in the Malabar Exercise with ships and aircraft from the Indian navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Andrew K. Haller/Released)

Friday, April 13, 2012

HMS Daring (D32)

ARABIAN GULF (March 6, 2012) The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Daring (D32) transits the Arabian Gulf. Daring is assigned to Combined Maritime Forces, Combined Task Force 152 and is conducting maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman George M. Bell/Released)

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Fire

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (April 6, 2012) Firefighters from the Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire & Emergency Services and City of Virginia Beach respond to the crash of an F/A-18D Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106, April 6, 2012. Initial reports indicate that at approximately 12:05 p.m., the jet crashed just after takeoff at an apartment complex in Virginia Beach. Both air crew safely ejected from the aircraft and are being treated at a local hospital. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Antonio P. Turretto Ramos/Released)