HORNET TAKEOFF - U.S. Navy flight deck personnel prepare an F/A-18 Hornet for takeoff from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt while under way in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 28, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder

Labels: F/A 18, Hornet, photos, USN, USS Theodore Roosevelt

KINDERGARTEN CARDS - Marines and sailors hold up Thanksgiving cards at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 22, 2007. The cards were made by a kindergarten class from Island Creek Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., and delivered to the service members as a way of saying thanks for serving in Iraq. Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump

Labels: Camp Fallujah, Iraq, photos, Supporting the troops, USMC, USN

BAHRAIN (Nov. 4, 2007) - Seabees attached to Navy Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40, lift a tent frame while building a base camp for a crises response exercise. Coalition forces are conducting this exercise to enhance response capabilities to a host nation's request for assistance during a time of a crisis. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kirk Worley

Labels: Bahrain, NMCB-40, photos, Seabees, USN

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 2, 2007) - French boarding teams rappel from a U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk onto the flight deck of multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp is in Panama as part of the multi-national exercise PANAMAX 2007. Civil and military forces from 19 countries are participating in PANAMAX, a U.S. Southern Command joint and multi-national training exercise co-sponsored with the government of Panama, in the waters off the coast of Panama in Honduras. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robbie Stirrup

Labels: helicopter, LHD-1, PANAMAX 2007, photos, Seahawk, SH-60, USN, USS Wasp

SOCCER GAME — Sailors going through chief petty officer transition and other chief petty officers enjoy a game of soccer at a boys orphanage in Djibouti, Aug. 27, 2007. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa will hold a pinning ceremony for the new chief petty officers, Sept. 20. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mary Popejoy

Labels: CJTF-HOA, Djibouti, photos, USN

SAILORS BATTLE BLAZE IN GREECE
U.S. Navy firefighters assigned to U.S. Naval Support Activity Souda Bay help fight a brush fire near the mountain village of Lakki in western Crete, Greece, Aug. 24, 2007. The fires have claimed at least 49 lives, according to news reports. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley

Labels: Greece Wild Fires, Navy firefighters, photos, US Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, USN

Labels: CVN 74, photos, ships, T-AOE 10, USN, USNS Bridge, USS John C. Stennis

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Aldrich, assigned to Naval Security Force, K-9 Unit, and his military working dog Tyson a four-year-old Blue Belgium Malanois, take a little break for some fun at the obstacle course on base, May 7, 2007. Aldrich has worked with Tyson for 18 months in support of the mission to provide security to the base and the Mina Salman pier. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer A. Villalovos


Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Aldrich, assigned to Naval Security Force, K-9 Unit, and his military working dog Tyson, search a line of buses in front of Naval Air Station Bahrain for any sign of explosives, May 7, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer A. Villalovos


Petty Officer 3rd Class Lisette Latorre, assigned to Naval Security Force, K-9 Unit, trains with her military working dog Anna, a four-year-old German shepard, in a detection proficient trail and training exercise which Anna successfully met her objective of finding the explosive, May 7, 2007. The training is held at least three times per month so the dogs stay adept in detecting explosive odors. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer A. Villalovos


Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Aldrich, assigned to Naval Security Force, K-9 Unit, and his military working dog Tyson, take a little break for some fun at the obstacle course on base, May 7, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer A. Villalovos


A chief petty officer, assigned to Naval Security Force, K-9 Unit, trains with his Belgium malinois, in a detection proficient trail and training, May 7, 2007. The training is held at a minimum of three times per month so the dogs stay adept in detecting explosive odors. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer A. Villalovos

Labels: K9, Naval Security Force, USN