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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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