U.S. sailors man the rails on the amphibious assault
U.S. sailors man the rails on the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) as the ship returns to San Diego, Calif., June 22, 2012. The ship was returning from a seven-month deployment. (U.S. Navy photo... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island transits
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island transits off the coast of Southern California conducting flight operations as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise. The exercise is designed to test capabilitie... More
USS Makin Island air traffic control
Air Traffic Controller Second Class Jedidiah Spencer monitors the departure control station during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and the embarked 11... More
Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Morrell Lavender addresses
Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Morrell Lavender addresses chief petty officer selects during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy (Class 001). The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO select... More
Master Chief Quarter Master Robert Barber stands in
Master Chief Quarter Master Robert Barber stands in front of his department of chief petty officers selectees at the graduation ceremony for Class #001 at the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Ac... More
Chief petty officer selects are given a tour of primary
Chief petty officer selects are given a tour of primary flight control by a docent during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects live aboard th... More
Chief petty officer selectees conduct morning physical
Chief petty officer selectees conduct morning physical fitness during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selectees live aboard Midway and participate in p... More
Commander of Navy Recruiting Command visits recruis
Rear Adm. Annie Andrews, commander of Navy Recruiting Command, speaks to future Sailors at Navy Recruiting Station Kent, Wash., during her visit to Navy Recruiting District Seattle. Andrews is visiting recruiti... More
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hampton
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hampton surfaces during Composite Training Unit Exercises with the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island. The exercises are designed to test capabilities and ensure... More
Chief petty officer selectees march towards the USS
Chief petty officer selectees march towards the USS Midway aircraft carrier museum before their CPO Legacy Academy graduation ceremony. The CPO Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects live a... More
Chelsea Clinton, left, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Chelsea Clinton, left, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton attend the retirement ceremony of Chief Petty Officer Oscar Flores aboard the multi-purpose a... More
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hampton
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hampton surfaces during Composite Training Unit Exercises with the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island. The exercises are designed to test capabilities and ensure... More
Master Chief Yenhung Duberek, command master chief
Master Chief Yenhung Duberek, command master chief of Navy Medicine West, addresses chief petty officer selects during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy (Class 001). The Legacy Academy is a six-day cour... More
Chief petty officer selects practice marching in formation
Chief petty officer selects practice marching in formation after a community service project at the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a s... More
U.S. sailors man the rails on the amphibious assault
U.S. sailors man the rails on the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) as the ship returns to San Diego, Calif., June 22, 2012. The ship was returning from a seven-month deployment. (U.S. Navy photo... More
Chief petty officer selects render honors during morning
Chief petty officer selects render honors during morning colors during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects live aboard USS Midway and partic... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island transits
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island transits off the coast of Southern California conducting flight operations as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise. The exercise is designed to test capabilities... More
Chief petty officer selects practice marching and cadence
Chief petty officer selects practice marching and cadence calling during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects live aboard USS Midway and part... More
Chief petty officer selects are briefed by a docent
Chief petty officer selects are briefed by a docent on the bridge of USS Midway during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects live aboard USS M... More
Retired Master Chief Signalman Jack Kregness, a docent
Retired Master Chief Signalman Jack Kregness, a docent aboard the USS Midway Museum provides a tour to chief petty officer selects during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-da... More
Chief petty officer selects practice marching and cadence
Chief petty officer selects practice marching and cadence calling during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects live aboard USS Midway and part... More
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), left, the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) transit the Indian Ocean. T... More
Air Traffic Controller 3rd Class Rebekah Duran mans
Air Traffic Controller 3rd Class Rebekah Duran mans the approach controller station during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and embarked Marines assign... More
A chief petty officer select prepares for a seabag
A chief petty officer select prepares for a seabag inspection during day one of the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects live aboard the USS Midw... More
Sailors assigned to the deck department of the amphibious
Sailors assigned to the deck department of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island board Landing Craft Utility 1629, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 1. Makin Island is off the southern coast of California ... More
An MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor
An MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island. This is the first time an Osprey has conducted flight operations on a west coast amphibi... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8),
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), left, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) transit the Indian Ocean. T... More
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor,
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor, left, the amphibious assault ship Makin Island USS Makin Island and the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans transit off the coast of southern Califo... More
The Seattle Seahawks cheerleaders, the Sea Gals, perform
The Seattle Seahawks cheerleaders, the Sea Gals, perform for sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island. Their visit to the ship was part of an Armed Forces Entertainment-sponsored ... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Redor Rufo, religious program
Petty Officer 1st Class Redor Rufo, religious program specialist (left), and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Cooper, religious program specialist, commit remains to the ocean during a burial at sea aboard the amp... More
National Capital Region chief petty officers and chief
National Capital Region chief petty officers and chief selectees pass the National World War II Memorial during a pride run. Throughout the run, the group of chiefs and chief selectees made stops at a number of... More
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor,
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor, front, the amphibious assault ship Makin Island USS Makin Island and the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans transit off the coast of southern Calif... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Phillip Cotoio passes the national
Petty Officer 3rd Class Phillip Cotoio passes the national ensign to Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcusallen Burdios during a retirement ceremony for Chief Petty Officer Oscar Flores aboard the multi-purpose amphib... More
USS Makin Island in San Diego, San Diego, California
Lt. Jennifer McNab, medical dept. administrator aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, prepares to be interviewed during a video shoot for an officer recruiting film on the ship's flight deck. The... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island operates
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island operates off the coast of southern California. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group is underway for a certification exercise preparing for an upcoming deployment.
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) conducts flight deck operations in the Indian Ocean. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.
Capt. Cedric Pringle addresses the crew during his
Capt. Cedric Pringle addresses the crew during his remarks at the change of command ceremony for the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Capt. Cedric E. Pringle relieved Landers as Makin Island's ... More
Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton speaks
Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton speaks to friends and family of Chief Petty Officer Oscar Flores during a retirement ceremony aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island. F... More
U.S. Navy Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Fred Chavez
U.S. Navy Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Fred Chavez gives direction and training to Sailors providing emergency care to a simulated injured crew member during general quarters aboard the USS Makin Island (LHD ... More
Air Traffic Controller 2nd Class Jedidiah Spencer mans
Air Traffic Controller 2nd Class Jedidiah Spencer mans the departure control station during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and embarked Marines assig... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island transits
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island transits off the coast of Southern California conducting flight operations as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise. The exercise is designed to test capabilities... More
Capt. Cedric Pringle, left, and Capt. Jim Landers prepare
Capt. Cedric Pringle, left, and Capt. Jim Landers prepare to cut the cake during a change of command ceremony for the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island. Pringle relieved Landers as Makin Island’s command... More
Sailors and Marines man the rails aboard the amphibious
Sailors and Marines man the rails aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) as the ship passes under the Bay Bridge en route to San Francisco for San Francisco Fleet Week 2012. San Francisco F... More
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor,
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor, front, the amphibious assault ship Makin Island USS Makin Island and the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans transit off the coast of southern Calif... More
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor,
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor, front, the amphibious assault ship Makin Island USS Makin Island and the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans transit off the coast of southern Calif... More
USS Makin Island, US Navy Photogrpah
Lt. Cmdr. Antonio Ochoa re-enlists Petty Officer 2nd Class Justine Pennel, an electronics technician, for six more years from the top of the mast aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Mak... More
Lt. Cmdr. Brian Ponce provides an overview of the amphibious
Lt. Cmdr. Brian Ponce provides an overview of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island's hybrid propulsion system to Deputy Secretary of Defense the Honorable Ashton Carter, left, and Secretary of the Navy ... More
Combat cargo Marines assigned to the 11th Marine
Combat cargo Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit position forklifts on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island during a vertical replenishment. Makin Island and embark... More
Deputy Secretary of Defense the Honorable Ashton Carter
Deputy Secretary of Defense the Honorable Ashton Carter departs the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) through the sideboys. Carter visited Makin Island to attend a Navy and Marine Corps leadershi... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) conducts flight deck operations in the Indian Ocean. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.
Rear Adm. Dixon Smith, commander of Navy Region Southwest
Rear Adm. Dixon Smith, commander of Navy Region Southwest joins the chief petty officer selectees in push ups during morning physical fitness at the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The academy is a six-da... More
Capt. Jim Landers speaks at the change of command ceremony
Capt. Jim Landers speaks at the change of command ceremony for the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Capt. Cedric E. Pringle relieved Landers as Makin Island's commanding officer. Makin Island a... More
Deck transfer ceremony, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Navy veteran EM1 Larry "Sparks" Clements (92) points out burn marks on a plank of teak decking from a kamikaze attack during World War II to NC1 William McKenna during a deck transfer ceremony between Boeing an... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) conducts flight deck operations in the Indian Ocean. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.
Naval Supply Systems Command, Command Master Chief
Naval Supply Systems Command, Command Master Chief David Flannery addresses chief petty officer selects during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO s... More
Naval Air Forces Pacific Force Master Chief Anthony
Naval Air Forces Pacific Force Master Chief Anthony Johnson addresses chief petty officer selects during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects... More
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Joe R. Campa
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Joe R. Campa Jr. gives the thumbs up to National Capital Region chief petty officers and chief selectees following a pride run in Washington. Throughout the run, the group... More
Chief petty officer selects clean the grounds of the
Chief petty officer selects clean the grounds of the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center in Balboa Park during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO s... More
Members of the rifle detail from the 11th Marine
Members of the rifle detail from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit fire a rifle volley aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack ... More
Chief petty officer selects conduct physical fitness
Chief petty officer selects conduct physical fitness training on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum during CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects live aboard U... More
Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin
Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island stand in formation during a commemoration ceremony in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Makin Island... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) conducts operations with the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) in the Indian Ocean. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group is deployed ... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) conducts flight deck operations in the Indian Ocean. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.
USS Makin Island in San Diego, San Diego, California
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West speaks with Command Master Chief Linda Handley during his first visit to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island. West visited Makin Island to meet with the... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, left,
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, left, conducts a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E Byrd. Makin Island and embarked Marines assigne... More
Rear Adm. Forrest Faison, commander of Navy Medicine
Rear Adm. Forrest Faison, commander of Navy Medicine West, addresses chief petty officer selects during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy (Class 001). The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the ... More
U.S. sailors man the rails on the amphibious assault
U.S. sailors man the rails on the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) as the ship returns to San Diego, Calif., June 22, 2012. The ship was returning from a seven-month deployment. (U.S. Navy photo... More
Sgt. Maj. Scott Pile, left, assigned to the 11th Marine
Sgt. Maj. Scott Pile, left, assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Master Chief Steven Alt, the command master chief of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, participate in a wreath laying ... More
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presents
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presents a letter of congratulations and signed photo to Chief Petty Officer Oscar Flores during his retirement ceremony aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault shi... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) conducts flight deck operations in the Indian Ocean. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.
Retired Master Chief Signalman Jack Kregness, a docent
Retired Master Chief Signalman Jack Kregness, a docent aboard the USS Midway Museum provides a tour of the foc'sle to chief petty officer selects during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Acad... More
Col. Michael Hudson, commander of the 11th Marine
Col. Michael Hudson, commander of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) speaks during the 69th anniversary of the World War II U.S. Marine assault on Makin Island during a commemoration aboard the amphi... More
USS Makin Island action
An AV-8B Harrier assigned to the Black Sheep of Marine Attack Squadron 214, front, prepares for takeoff as another lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island. Makin Island is conducting AV-8 oper... More
Capt. Jim Landers, commanding officer of the multi-purpose
Capt. Jim Landers, commanding officer of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, along with Rear Adm. Earl Gay, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, explains the ship's propulsion syst... More
USS Makin Island, US Navy Photogrpah
Lt. Cmdr. Roy Hoffman, a command chaplain, speaks to sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony on the mess decks. The Makin Island chief petty office... More
Sailors and Marines man the rails aboard the amphibious
Sailors and Marines man the rails aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) as the ship passes under the Bay Bridge en route to San Francisco for San Francisco Fleet Week 2012. San Francisco ... More
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8),
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), left, the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) transit the Indian Ocean. T... More
Roland Martinez, a docent with the Veterans Museum
Roland Martinez, a docent with the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, gives an overview of a mural to Chief (select) Yeoman Kenneth Bradley during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy (Class 001). The Leg... More
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hampton
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hampton transits alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise. The exercise is designed to test capabilities and ... More
Chief petty officer selects apply fresh paint to the
Chief petty officer selects apply fresh paint to the flight deck during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects live aboard USS Midway and parti... More
Chief petty officer selects conduct morning physical
Chief petty officer selects conduct morning physical fitness during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects live aboard the USS Midway and part... More
Sailors and Marines of the Makin Island Amphibious
Sailors and Marines of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group color guard present the colors at a commemoration ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island in honor of the 70th anniversary of ... More
Master Chief Petty Officer Marilyn Kennard, culinary
Master Chief Petty Officer Marilyn Kennard, culinary specialist, leads the honor platoon during a burial at sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island.
A combat cargo Marine assigned to the 11th Marine
A combat cargo Marine assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit moves supplies across the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island as an SA330J Puma helicopter approaches during a vertic... More
The amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans
The amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), front, the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) transit the Indian Ocean. ... More
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), left, the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) transit the Indian Ocean. T... More
Naval Air Forces Pacific Force Master Chief Anthony
Naval Air Forces Pacific Force Master Chief Anthony Johnson addresses Chief petty officer selects during the USS Midway Museum CPO Legacy Academy. The Legacy Academy is a six-day course in which the CPO selects... More