Refrigerator mechanic Cpl. Robert Carabis marks numbers
Refrigerator mechanic Cpl. Robert Carabis marks numbers on bingo cards aboard USS Makin Island here Oct. 9. Carabis, 25, hails from Troy, N.Y., and serves with Combat Logistics Battalion 11. The battalion is th... More
Sailors and Marines play bingo in the Carlson Cafe
Sailors and Marines play bingo in the Carlson Cafe aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are ... More
Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 3rd Class Mark
Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 3rd Class Mark Dinglasan plays bingo on the mess decks of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and embarked Marines assigned to the... More
Fun boss Kristen Venoy reads off a list of participants
Fun boss Kristen Venoy reads off a list of participants in an MWR-sponsored video game tournament on the mess decks of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) for tiger cruise participants and thei... More
Seaman David Davenport reads off numbers during a bingo
Seaman David Davenport reads off numbers during a bingo broadcast aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expediti... More
Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Xiao Luo plays bingo
Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Xiao Luo plays bingo on the mess decks of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expediti... More
Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit play video games during an MWR-sponsored video game tournament on the mess decks of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) for tiger cruise p... More
A sailor directs a truck onto a landing craft air cushion
A sailor directs a truck onto a landing craft air cushion in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) during an equipment offload. Makin Island and Marines assigned to the 11th Mari... More
Chief Boatswain's Mate Andre Amos relays information
Chief Boatswain's Mate Andre Amos relays information to a landing craft air cushion from well deck debark control aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and Marines assigned t... More
Damage Controlman 2nd Class Roberto Lopez explains
Damage Controlman 2nd Class Roberto Lopez explains to a tiger cruise participant how to create an air tight seal on a mask in the hangar bay of multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Mak... More
Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class Henry Escoto conducts
Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class Henry Escoto conducts maintenance on the propeller of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault sh... More
Tiger cruise participant Eric Hinostroza plays video
Tiger cruise participant Eric Hinostroza plays video games, as his brother Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Fernando Hinostroza observes, during an MWR-sponsored video game tournament on the mess ... More
Lt. Cmdr Adolfo Granado, senior medical officer aboard
Lt. Cmdr Adolfo Granado, senior medical officer aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), and Cdr. Hermann Gonzalez, senior medical officer assigned to 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, cut a c... More
Sailors and Marines walk on the flight deck of the
Sailors and Marines walk on the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) as they prepare to man the rails. Makin Island and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine ... More
Sailors and Marines wait in the hangar bay of the amphibious
Sailors and Marines wait in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) as they prepare to depart the ship. Makin Island and Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are... More
Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class Henry Escoto conducts
Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class Henry Escoto conducts maintenance on the propeller of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault sh... More
Tiger cruise participant Ethan Wilkanson plays video
Tiger cruise participant Ethan Wilkanson plays video games with Col. Michael Hudson, commanding officer of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during an MWR-sponsored video game tournament on the mess decks of ... More
Tiger cruise participants and their sponsors observe
Tiger cruise participants and their sponsors observe an AV-8B Harrier takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and embarked Marines assigned to the 11... More
Sailors and Marines walk on the flight deck of the
Sailors and Marines walk on the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) as they prepare to man the rails. Makin Island and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine ... More
Tiger cruise participants view flight operations from
Tiger cruise participants view flight operations from the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expediti... More
Brenda Zapf, a tiger cruise participant, pins her daughter
Brenda Zapf, a tiger cruise participant, pins her daughter Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Anya Zapf with her Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist breast insignia in the medical ward aboard the amphibious assault s... More
Hospital Corpsman 2 nd Class Krystal Way recites the
Hospital Corpsman 2 nd Class Krystal Way recites the corpsman oath in the medical ward aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), during a ceremony to commemorate the Hospital Corps 114th Birt... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Carroll, hospital corpsman,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Carroll, hospital corpsman, from St. Clair Shores, Mich., studies in-rate material for the upcoming Navy-wide advancement exam aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island... More
Landing support specialist Lance Cpl. Justin Cherry
Landing support specialist Lance Cpl. Justin Cherry plays bingo aboard USS Makin Island here Oct. 9. Cherry, 20, is from Magnolia, Ark., and serves with Combat Logistics Battalion 11. The battalion is the comba... More
A sailor watches amphibious assault vehicles depart
A sailor watches amphibious assault vehicles depart the well deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans. New Orleans and embarked Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Uni... More
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Attikal, assigned to the 11th Marine
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Attikal, assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, performs maintenance on the cockpit of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin... More
A tiger cruise participant uses a sound-powered telephone
A tiger cruise participant uses a sound-powered telephone to communicate with his sponsor in the hangar bay of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and embarked Marine... More
Tiger cruise participants and their sailor and Marine
Tiger cruise participants and their sailor and Marine sponsors take part in an MWR-sponsored video game tournament on the mess decks of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and emb... More