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181015-N-SO730-0059 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 15, 2018) Aviation
Sailors treat a simulated injury on Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Anna Howell during a mass casualty drill in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Adam Gilmore works out in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead delivers remarks during the commissioning ceremony for the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77).
Adm. Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) makes remarks during the keel laying ceremony for the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Troy Browning, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77),
viation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Matthew Lyss plays taps during a burial at sea for retired Senior Chief Irvin Hornkohl aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Larry D. Dunkle mops the deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Andricio Stinson waits for an aircraft to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Andrew Stem bows his head after speaking during a memorial service aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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NORFOLK (Oct. 15, 2018) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Andrew Stem bows his head after speaking during a memorial service aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The ship's crew held a memorial service to honor Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Apprentice Joseph Naglak who died in a flight deck mishap Sept. 17, 2018 while GHWB was underway in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joe Boggio) File# 181015-N-SO730-0059
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.