Petty Officer 2nd Class James Evans

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Maria Perez, left, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Trae Howell, right, watch while sailors below them guide cable from the hangar bay overhead More

Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Aaron Fitzgerald, assigned to Helicopter Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Team 1, descends a rope during fast-rope training held in the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS A More

Boatswain's Mate 1st Class William Geurin signals the SH-60F Seahawk carrying Secretary of the Navy. The Honorable Dr. Donald Winter to a landing aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Moms More

Squadron personnel brace themselves against the rotor blast as an SH-60B Seahawk, assigned to the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light 47, lands on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft c More

A shooter signals to the operator of one of four steam powered catapults as aircraft are launched from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln and embarked Carrier More

An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the "Sun Kings" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 116 approaches the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln for a landing off the coast of Hawaii. Lincoln, embark More

Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln enjoy a clear night from the bow of the ship during a pause in flight operations. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are on a sched More

An SH-60B Seahawk assigned to the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 47 banks over the Republic of Singapore guided-missile frigate RSS Steadfast (FFG 70) during flight deck qualific More

An SH-60B Seahawk assigned to the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light 47 lands aboard the Republic of Singapore Navy guided-missile frigate RSS Steadfast during flight deck qualifications w More

An SH-60B Seahawk assigned to the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light 47 banks over the Republic of Singapore guided-missile frigate RSS Steadfast during flight deck qualifications with the More

Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Shoup underway in heavy seas. Shoup is currently underway with the Abraham Lincoln Strike Group on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the 5th Fleet area of re More

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Shoup steams in heavy seas. Shoup is part of the Abraham Lincoln Strike Group and is on a scheduled seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of resp More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Sherman, assigned to the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light 47 is hoisted back into an SH-60B Seahawk during an air power demonstration by ships and aircraft More

A pair of HH-60H Seahawks assigned to the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 2 approach the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group Nine are on a More

Seaman Bryce Christensen, assigned to Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department's IM-4 Division, takes down tie-down chains after treating them for corrosion in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft ca More

Petty Officer 1st Class Abraham Plotsky instructs a Sailor during a familiarization fire exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group 9 are More

An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Blue Blasters" of Strike Fighter Squadron 34 is readied for launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. More

Stretcher bearers from Repair Locker 3 prepare a simulated casualty for transport during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5t More

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Kestrels" of Strike Fighter Squadron 137 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Flee More

Aircraft directors are reflected in the shooter's bubble as they position an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Lancers" of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 131 onto a steam powered catapult aboard the Ni More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Smolinsky, from Erie, Pa., works with other aviation ordnancemen assigned to the "Blue Blasters" of Strike Fighter Squadron 34 to load an air-to-air missile onto an F/A-18C Horn More

An SH-60F Seahawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2, patrols the skies around the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as the ship and its strike group pass Singapore while transiting More

MK-76 low-drag practice munitions dropped by aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 2 impact near a target being towed behind the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group More

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln passes under a rainbow as Sailors from Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing 2 participate in a "flight deck spell out" while transiting the Pacific Ocean. The Abraham Lincoln St More

Chief Petty Officer Stephen F. Kimble paints an HH60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Anti-submarine squadron aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The Abraham Linc More

Aviation ordnanceman Petty Officer 3rd Class Curtis Burrus, of Cheboygan, Mich., shows his grandmother, Eleanor Nowak, around the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as the ship departs Pear More

Capt. John Aquilino, outgoing commander of Carrier Air Wing 2 banks an F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter over the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as he leaves incoming commander Capt. Alton Ross, to lead More

Petty Officer 2nd Class David Scott, from Stanwood, Wash. assigned to the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 2, is kissed by his wife after arriving at Naval Station North Island aboard the More

Rear Adm. Scott Swift, incoming commander of Carrier Strike Group 9, right, Rear Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, the strike group outgoing commander, and Vice Adm. Sam Locklear, commander of the U.S. 3rd Fleet, salute More

A Tiger Cruise participant watches from the shoulders of Airman Apprentice Michael Jones, from Joppatowne, Md., as an F/A-18F Super Hornet performs aerobatics overhead aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Li More

A Puget Sound Naval Shipyard worker cleans a section of a steam-powered catapult track aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during maintenance at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Abraham Lincoln is underg More

Promoted petty officers aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln wait their turn to take the stage during a frocking ceremony in the ship's hangar bay. Abraham Lincoln is conducting training and carrier More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Leatrice Koenig guides a T-45 Goshawk assigned to Carrier Training Wing 1 onto the No. 1 steam-powered catapult to be launched from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier U More

An injured merchant sailor from the Liberian cargo ship "Marie Rickmers" is loaded onto a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter after receiving basic medical attention aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.

An injured merchant Sailor from the Liberian cargo ship "Marie Rickmers" is loaded onto a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter after receiving being medically stabilized aboard USS Abraham Lincoln. The Sailor w More

Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Cabuco, hospital corpsman, assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego, draws Tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative into a syringe to be used in free Tuberculosis testing for home More

The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey enters San Diego Bay as the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George, foreground, prepares to get underway. Halsey and Cape St. George deployed with the Abraham Lincoln More

Chief Petty Officer Jeremy Cornell, a quartermaster, hugs his sons before deploying aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71). Cape St. George deployed with the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group More

Newly-pinned chief petty officers stand to be recognized at the end of a pinning ceremony in the Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 hangar at Naval Base Coronado. Twenty selectees were pinned to the rank of ch More

Members of the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, perform during the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar 2010 Air Show.

Former Army Spc. Erik Hjeltnes is taught to draw and fire a bow with his teeth by retired Army Cpl. Kevin Stone, a 2004 and 2008 Team U.S.A. Paralympic gold medalist and a current world record holder, during th More

Sailors ring in the new year at midnight with a qualification fire of pencil flares in the first time zone west of the International Date Line aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrie More

An EA-6B Prowler assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 134 banks over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson as it enters the landing pattern. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is deployed suppor More

An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting maritime security operations and cl More

Seaman Bryan Wenzel, logistics specialist, assigned to S-8 Division of the supply department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, says goodbye to his wife before Carl Vinson departs Naval Air Station No More

Sailors assigned to the supply department of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson attach stores to the underside of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 durin More

Seaman Brandy Smith, assigned to 4th Division of the deck department of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, sands paint off an anchor chain pipe cover during a major repainting of the Carl Vinson More

Sailors form up to man the rails as the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson departs Naval Air Station North Island for a three-week composite training unit exercise followed by a scheduled deployment to the wester More

An aircraft director guides the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet onto a steam-powered catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a three-week composite t More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Maston Buchanan, logistics specialist, shipping and receiving supervisor for the Supply Department's S-8 Division, tracks incoming parts aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN More

Cmdr. Keith Shuley, command chaplain of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, leads sailors in prayer during Roman Catholic Mass. Carl Vinson is conducting a three-week composite training unit exercise to be fo More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Rodriguez-Mendez, aviation machinist's mate (left), and Airman Christopher Denisco, aviation machinist's mate, both assigned to the power plant shop of Strike Fighter Squadron More

Cmdr. David Garza, combat operations efficiency evaluator for Strike Force Training Pacific, evaluates sailors assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 and the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) on their ab More

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale, and the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Gary conduct a simulate More

Actor Jason "Wee Man" Acuna signs autographs and poses for pictures with sailors on the mess decks of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a three-week composite trai More

Crash and salvage personnel man a crash truck on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson while participating in a simulated straits transit with ships assigned to the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike More

Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers, right, commander of Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, addresses the Chief Petty Officer Mess during a visit aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air More

Sailors assigned to V-2 Division of the air department of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson stand by to display the weights of aircraft being launched from one of four steam-powered catapults at dusk. Carl V More

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 81 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a three-week composite training unit exercise to be More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ralph Bucci, gunner's mate (right), ship’s armorer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson conducts general weapons instruction on an M-240 machine gun with Seaman Chesley Western, g More

Sailors rest in the hangar bay while waiting to relieve line handlers during an underway replenishment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a deployment to the More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin Doty, boatswain's mate, and Seaman Daniel Dubon, both assigned to the deck department, swab salt water from the foc'sle aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Perkins, a fire controlman, left, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Marsac, a fire controlman, both assigned to the CS-7 Division of the combat systems department aboard the air More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Zachary Eubank salutes during a burial at sea aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th and U.S. 5th Fleet a More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Saunders keeps track of ordnance as it arrives aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a vertical replenishment. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a deploymen More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Hedgepeth directs sailors as they prepare to move ordnance during a vertical replenishment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on More

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale uses flashing light signals to communicate with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, not pictured, as it approaches to conduct a refueling at sea. More

Line handlers in a refueling station aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson heave line during a refueling at sea. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 81 makes an arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fle More

Sailors fire shot lines from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear during an underway replenishment. Gridl More

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale meet children and their Republic of Korea military counterparts at the Jinhae Jae-Hwal-Won home for handicapped children. Twen More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Cousino, left, a gunner's mate, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Kessen, a sonar technician, salute the National Ensign during morning colors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class gui More

Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Moore, machinist's mate, takes the chief petty officer advancement exam on the mess decks of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a dep More

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson conducts night flight operations. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing are underway on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

Airman Christopher Jody, an aviation maintenance administrationman, removes chemical, biological and radiological protective clothing at a decontamination station aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ca More

Rear Adm. Samuel Perez, commander of Carrier Strike Group 1, assists sailors in a foreign object damage walk down on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The Carl Vinson Carrier Str More

An HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 15 arrives to deploy Rescue Swimmer Petty Officer 3rd Class Toni Jester, Naval aircrewman, to recover a sailor who went overboard fro More

Lt. Cmdr. Tommy Edgeworth, flight deck handling officer, reviews flight schedules between evening launch and recovery cycles in flight deck control aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The More

Sailors wait for a replenishment at sea to begin in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is deployed supporting maritime security operations More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Komlavi Kouwonou, aviation boatswain's mate (equipment), dons a fire fighting ensemble during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The Carl More

Members of the Green Bay Packers football team listen as Lt. Christopher Viernes gives a presentation about Strike Fighter Squadron 81 in the squadron's ready room aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. T More

Rig captain Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Chavez, boatswain's mate, signals as pallets of stores arrive in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a replenishment at sea. Th More

Sailors participate in 9 mm pistol qualifications aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater s More

Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Atkins, machinist's mate, right, assigned to the reactor department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, supervises as Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Amber T More

A member of the air department training team, center, instructs sailors as they check the condition of a simulated casualty during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vins More

Capt. Bruce H. Lindsey, commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, administers the oath of enlistment to 31 sailors during a mass re-enlistment on the foc'sle. The Carl Vinson Carr More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Murphy, an aviation structural mechanic, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, pauses while removing the outer wing of an F/A-18F Super Hornet for maintenance in the hang More

Airman Jodi Ramone, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 25, cleans the canopy of an F/A-18C Hornet on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group i More

Chief Petty Officer Todd Wing, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 25, waits on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson with an F/A-18C Hornet as it is readied for a mission. The Ca More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Pontoriero, a machinist's mate, dons a firefighting ensemble on the mess decks during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). T More

Airman Veronica Calhoun, an aviation electronics technician assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, signals to the pilot of an F/A-18F Super Hornet during pre-flight checks aboard the Nimitz-class aircraf More

Airman Socrates Sanandres, an aviation machinist's mate assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, communicates with the pilot of an F/A-18F Super Hornet while performing pre-flight checks aboard the Nimitz- More

Airman Brandon Everson, aviation boatswain's mate (equipment), gives a thumbs up while preparing the bow catapults to launch aircraft aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The Carl Vinson Ca More

Vice Adm. Mark Fox, second from left, commander of U.S. 5th Fleet, arrives aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting maritime security operatio More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Shane Maurin, boatswain's mate, paints a railing on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The repainting is part of a regular regimen of preservation maintena More

A sailor waits to move mail below decks after it was received via carrier onboard delivery aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting maritime s More

Seaman Tamara Sewell directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting maritime security operations and close-air suppo More

Airman Scott Jensen, aviation support equipment technician, secures panels after adjusting the fuel injectors on a P-25 fire truck in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson and Carr More

Airman Casey Anderson, left, Airman Zachary Thomason, aviation electronics technician, and Seaman Michael McHargue, aviation electrician's mate, all assigned the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, t More

Airman Kevin Daniels, aviation boatswain's mate (fuel), assigned to the air department of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, drags a fuel hose to an aircraft on the flight deck. Carl Vinson and More