A Day in Navy

1
A Day in Navy
2
On Nov. 11, 324,512 active duty officers, Sailors
and midshipmen 54,186 Selected Reserve Sailors,
with 3,580 mobilized Reserves and 203,578
civilians are serving in the Department of the
Navy.
3
Veterans Day 11 s 11 s 11
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W.
Greenert celebrates Veterans Day as the grand
marshal of New York Citys 92nd Annual Veterans
Day Parade and attends several events throughout
the city.
On Veterans Day we pay tribute to all who have
served and sacrificed in defense of our nation.
Veterans Day was first celebrated in 1919 as
'Armistice Day' as a way to remember the
sacrifices that men and women made during World
War I. In 1954, it evolved into 'Veterans Day' in
order to honor all American veterans from all
wars.
The United States Navy Memorial hosted a
wreath-laying ceremony as part of its Veterans
Day celebration in Washington, D.C., Nov. 11.
4
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) hosts President Obama,
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and 8,000
Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, Coast Guardsmen and
basketball fans for the first-ever Quicken Loans
Carrier Classic NCAA basketball game, a
celebration of service played on the flight deck,
between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Michigan
State Spartans.
5
Navy recruits receive training in preparation
for joining the fleet.
6
There are 8,130 individual augmentees, 3,580 of
whom are mobilized Reserves, deployed on the
ground around the world in support of overseas
contingency operations.
7
There are 284 active ships in service 147 (52
percent) ships, including four aircraft carriers
and five large-deck amphibious ships, and 35 (66
percent) submarines are underway away from
homeport.
8
USS George H. W. Bush and Carrier Air Wing (CVW)
8 fly their last sorties in support of Operation
New Dawn. The air wing conducts 16 sorties
totaling 71.3 hours of flight time.
9
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C.
Stennis (CVN 74) conducts flight operations in
the Arabian Sea. John C. Stennis is deployed to
the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility
conducting maritime security operations and
support missions as part of Operations Enduring
Freedom and New Dawn.
10
The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard
(LHD 6) participates in the Parade of Ships
during the 62nd annual Seattle Seafair Fleet
Week. Seafair activities allow U.S. and Canadian
sailors and Coast Guard personnel to experience
the local community and to promote awareness of
the maritime forces.
11
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4)
transits the Indian Ocean. Boxer is underway in
the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility during
a western Pacific deployment.
12
The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS
Essex (LHD 2) transits in formation as the Japan
Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Hyuga (DDH
181) transits in the background. Essex and the
embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st
MEU) is operating off the coast of Kesenuma in
support of Operation Tomodachi.
13

George Washington Carrier Strike Group and
embarked CVW 5 are in Hong Kong for a routine
port visit.
14
The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65)
returns to Naval Station Norfolk after a
six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th
Fleet areas of responsibility.
15
Naval Surface Warfare Center engineers install
instrumentation and data acquisition systems
aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) to measure temperatures
of thermal exposure on the flight deck from the
F-35B, the short takeoff/vertical landing
variant of he F-35.
16
An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Golden Dragons
of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192 launches
from the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS John
C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed
to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility
conducting maritime security operations and
support missions as part of Operation Enduring
Freedom and New Dawn.
17
Sailors prepare an E2-C Hawkeye assigned to the
Golden Hawks of Airborne Early Warning Squadron
(VAW) 112 for launch aboard the Nimitz class
aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th
Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime
security operations and support missions as part
of Operation Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.
18
An aviation boatswain's mate maneuvers BF-04,
front, the U.S. Marine Corps variant of the F-35B
Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter, after a
vertical landing aboard the amphibious assault
ship USS Wasp (LHD 1).
19
An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Star Warriors of
Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 209 taxies
during a transient stop at Naval Support Activity
Souda Bay. The Star Warriors are a reserve
component squadron based out of Joint Base
Andrews Naval Air Facility in Washington, D.C.
20
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) and Carrier Air
Wing (CVW) 8 complete sorties in support of U.S.
and coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan
as part of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) .
21
A T-45C Goshawk assigned to the Eagles of
Training Squadron Seven (VT-7) launches from the
aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
Ronald Reagan is conducting operations at sea in
support of Naval Air Training Command carrier
qualifications.
22
The Nightwolves from Carrier Airborne Early
Warning Squadron 77, the Navys only fully
dedicated counter-illicit trafficking squadron,
flies two missions in support of counter-illicit
trafficking operations in the Caribbean.
23
Visitors look at aircraft displays during the
Centennial of Naval Aviation Open House and
Parade of Flight at Naval Air Station North
Island. The Navy is observing the Centennial of
Naval Aviation with a series of nationwide events
celebrating 100 years of heritage, progress and
achievement in naval aviation.
24
The Makin Island ARG, comprised of Amphibious
Squadron (PHIBRON) 5, USS Makin Island (LHD 8),
USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and the 11th MEU,
conduct integrated training off the coast of
Southern California and observe the 69th
anniversary of the Aug. 17-18, 1942, raid on
Makin Island during WWII.
25
The Navy works at night. Here Reserve Sailors
work on the Combined Forces Maritime Component
Commander staff during PANAMAX 2011, one of the
largest, annual, multinational maritime
exercises in the world.
26
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (Sea Bees),
deployed aboard USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in support
of Continuing Promise 2011, commences projects at
a local hospital and at Killick Coast Guard Base
near Port Au Prince, Haiti.
27
Divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2
share tactics and techniques with divers from
Panama, Belize and Canada in Jamaica.
28
Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 2
provides harbor defense and port security for
Military Sealift Command and Navy ships at Kuwait
Naval Base.
29
USS Newport News (SSN 750) conducts a port visit
to Portsmouth, England.
30
USS Memphis (SSN 691) undergoes inactivation at
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
31
A P-3 from Patrol Squadron 45 assigned to CTF 67
participates in the Moscow International Aviation
and Space Salon in Moscow, Russia.
32
Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Alexis Johnson,
from Omaha, Neb., serves as a member of the
rifle guard aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft
carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a
burial at sea. The John C. Stennis Carrier
Strike Group is on a scheduled western Pacific
Ocean and Arabian Gulf deployment.
33
There are 64,645 Full Time Support and
Selected Reserve Sailors in the Navy and 3,757
mobilized Reserve Sailors providing overseas
contingency operation support.
34
Sailors aboard HSV-2 Swift conduct small boat
maintenance courses at Sekondi Naval Base
Dockyard and Maintenance Facility in Sekondi,
Ghana, during Africa Partnership Station (APS).
35
Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella, Italy,
personnel provide 98,077 aviation fuel to 31 U.S.
and NATO aircraft in support of daily operations
in the U.S. 6th Fleet AOR and NATO Operation
Unified Protector.
36
University of Florida Naval Reserve Officer
Training Corps midshipmen tour the Trident
Training Facility and a ballistic missile
submarine at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.
37
More than 200 surface warriors attend the
Surface Navy Association West Coast Symposium at
Naval Base San Diego.
38
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Sailors saved about
6.2 million by renovating their berthing
spaces and painting ship spaces.
39
NSWC Corona, Calif., engineers aboard USS Lake
Erie (CG 70) finalize waterfront integration
testing for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense
Flight Test Mission FTM-16.
40
Navy recruits undergo training in preparation
for joining the fleet.
41
2011 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow
42
(No Transcript)
43
(No Transcript)
44
(No Transcript)
45
(No Transcript)
46
(No Transcript)
47
(No Transcript)
48
USS Forrest Sherman arrives pier side at NAS
Pensacola, home to over 17,000 military
personnel and 5,000 civilian employees.