USS Toruga (LSD 46) & Basketball Skills In Malaysia
U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Andre Batts, assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Toruga (LSD 46), spins a basketball on his finger for a child during a community relations project at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kijal Elementary School in Chukai, Malaysia, July 9, 2008. The project is part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training [...]
USNS Mercy Departing On Humanitarian Mission To The W Pacific And SE Asia
05/01/2008 - 080501-N-9076B-001 SAN DIEGO (May 01, 2008) Hospitalman Nathan Fairchild of Dallas, embraces his wife Danielle prior to getting underway with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy is departing for a humanitarian mission to the western Pacific and Southeast Asia supporting Pacific Partnership 2008. U.S. Navy photo by [...]
Navy Seal, Monsoor Posthumously Awarded Medal Of Honor
Apr. 08, 2008 - George and Sally Monsoor look at the Medal of Honor presented to them in honor of their son, U.S. Navy Master at Arms 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, by President George W. Bush during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House April 8, 2008. Monsoor, a Navy SEAL, [...]
US Navy: USS Kitty Hawk
U.S. Navy Damage Controlman Fireman Beau Davis collects samples of aqueous film forming foam during an emergency sprinkler system test March 4, 2008, on the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), which is under way in the Pacific Ocean. The ship’s sprinkler systems are a vital part of fire-fighting procedures and must be [...]
Disabled Veterans Compete in 5K Race
U.S. Army Spc. Esteban Gomez competes in the Silver Strand Half Marathon and 5K race in San Diego, Calif. Nov. 11, 2007. Gomez, who was wounded in Afghanistan by insurgent fire, is one of many disabled veterans competing in the day’s events. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Cale Bentley, U.S. Navy. (Released)