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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 30, 2016) U.S. Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 and Mobile Dive and Salvage Company 3-1 tow a boilerplate-testing article, belonging to NASA's Orion program, to the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22). USS San Diego is currently conducting recovery operations with NASA's Orion program; they are testing a new towing technique utilizing NASA and naval technology with the goal of reducing manning and increasing safety. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Torrey W. Lee)
PHILIPPINE SEA (June 2, 2022) - A Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy Lynx helicopter, assigned to the ROK Navy landing platform-helicopter ROKS Marado (LPH 6112), and an MH-60S Seahawk, attached to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, fly in formation near the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during Carrier Strike Group Exercise 2022. Carrier Strike Group Exercise is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea Navy. This exercise allows our navies to refine operations and engagement to strengthen future cooperation while supporting the alliance that remains vital to the security interests of both nations and to stability in Northeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael B. Jarmiolowski) 220602-N-LI114-1207
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Day 10: our first truly hot day, the chef's presented a deck BBQ. the problem with cruising is finding all the time needed to eat so many meals.
PACIFIC OCEAN (May 16, 2021) Seaman George Pompura stands lee helmsman watch on the bridge aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 15. Tripoli is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. Third Fleet. (U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Brian P. Biller)
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 22, 20140 Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and China's People's Liberation Army (Navy) hospital ship Peace Ark (T-AH 866) transit together during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. This is the first year hospital ships have participated in RIMPAC. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Pyoung K. Yi/Released)
U.S. Coast Guard crew members assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne arrive on scene in a HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft, in the Caribbean Sea, to prevent 21 Cuban migrants from illegally entering the United States, Sept. 27, 2013. The migrants were later repatriated by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell. (DoD photo by Chief Petty Officer David Young, U.S. Coast Guard/Released)
TAIWAN STRAIT (Nov. 20, 2020) Ensign Jessica Cruz, from Virginia Beach, Va., shoots a line of bearing on the bridge of the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 62) as the ship conducts routine underway operations in the Taiwan Strait. Barry is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force, forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Junior Grade Samuel Hardgrove)
I think this was probably the most spectacular sunset I've ever seen. It kept getting better and better, and I kept taking pictures.
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 17, 2014) The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73), the Mexican Navy patrol-vessel ARM Revolution (P 164), the People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yueyang (FF 575) and destroyer PLA(N) Haikou (DD 171) move into a multi-ship formation during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug. 1 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Corey T. Jones/Released)
Had intended to post the Hallifax photos but this was the first time I've started going through all the photos. Fall color was so amazing but wow - sunrise and sunsets impress me far more than fall color. This is saved into a named format only. This is how the sunrise looked - straight out of the camera but only reduced in size and renamed.
Day 27, Pacific Ocean, Crossing the Equator.
Neptune casts his vote on a member of the ship’s staff as to whether they should be humiliated as a part of the “crossing the equator” ceremony to initiate pollywogs (sailors who have never crossed the Equator) into the Kingdom of Neptune upon their first crossing of the Equator.
Some of the ships staff passed through the ritual of being dowsed with milk, eggs and flower. Maybe they got battered. They were then thrown into the pool to cool off.
Cpl. Daniel Molina practices changing magazines aboard USS Makin Island here Nov. 26. Molina, a Sacramento, Calif., native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Nov. 14 to begin a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East regions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gene A. Ainsworth III)
An AH-1W Cobra provides air support for a UH-1Y Huey while participating in a close air support mission during exercise Ssang Yong 2014 on April 1, 2014. Exercise Ssang Yong is conducted annually in the Republic of Korea (ROK) to enhance the interoperability of U.S. and ROK forces by performing a full spectrum of amphibious operations while showcasing sea-based power projection in the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Katelyn Hunter/Released).
A Marine with the Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to pivot and engage a target during a live fire training exercise aboard the USS Makin Island as part of Amphibious Squadron Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego, April 12. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group team conducts various amphibious-based operations during PMINT in preparation for their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Wenger/Released)
An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the "Jolly Rogers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-103) flying above the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Arabian Sea on May 18, 2019.
210816-N-LK647-0051 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 16, 2021) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Shane A. Lheureux leads an M4 service rifle weapons familiarization class aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), Aug. 16, 2021. Hershel "Woody" Williams is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Malachi Lakey/Released)
RED SEA (May 19, 2012) - An MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 prepares to land aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) during a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure exercise May 19, 2012. New York is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. New York is deployed participating in Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships through a joint, whole-of-government, multinational approach to meet current and future complex national security challenges, including 19 countries from five different continents and more than 11,000 participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian Carver/Released).
RED SEA (May 19, 2012) - An MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 lands aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) during a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure exercise May 19, 2012. New York is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. New York is deployed participating in Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships through a joint, whole-of-government, multinational approach to meet current and future complex national security challenges, including 19 countries from five different continents and more than 11,000 participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian Carver/Released).
RED SEA (Jan. 13, 2015) Marines assigned to Lima company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), board a CH-53E Super Stallion during a quick reaction force drill aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Marines with the 24th MEU are embarked on the Iwo Jima as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Austin A. Lewis/Released)
120520-N-XK513-161 RED SEA (May 20, 2012) - Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and embarked Royal Jordanian Marines board an MH-60S Knight hawk helicopter while conducting Visit, Board, Search and Seizure exercises as part of Exercise Eager Lion 12. New York is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. New York is deployed participating in Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships through a joint, whole-of-government, multinational approach to meet current and future complex national security challenges. It includes 19 nations from five different continents and more than 11,000 participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian Carver/Released).
The Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau and China coast guard vessel 2102 steam alongside each other during the transfer of the fishing vessel Yin Yuan in the North Pacific Ocean June 3, 2014. The Morgenthau crew was patrolling in support of Operation North Pacific Guard, the Coast Guard’s component of a multi-lateral fisheries law enforcement operation designed to detect and deter illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activity. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau.
RED SEA (May 19, 2012) - Sailors with amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) along with Marines with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and embarked Royal Jordanian sailors transit toward multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) to conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure exercises. Iwo Jima is deployed participating in Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships through a joint, whole-of-government, multinational approach to meet current and future complex national security challenges, including 19 countries from five different continents and more than 11,000 participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian Carver/Released).
210816-N-LK647-0137 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 16, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuels) Romeo Garcia measures specific gravity during a daily test of JP-5 fuel aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), Aug. 16, 2021. Hershel "Woody" Williams is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Malachi Lakey/Released)
Yup, another one of those shots where I got funny looks for lying down on the floor in the middle of a busy-ish atrium!
120520-N-XK513-020 RED SEA (May 20, 2012) - Sgt. Jaime Orozco with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit talks with an embarked Royal Jordanian Marine before conducting Visit, Board, Search and Seizure exercises aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) as part of Exercise Eager Lion 12. New York is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 24th MEU. New York is deployed participating in Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships through a joint, whole-of-government, multinational approach to meet current and future complex national security challenges. It includes 19 nations from five different continents and more than 11,000 participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian Carver/Released).