Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Anthony Soto instructs Sailors on M-16 handling requirements during a Security Reaction Force-Basic course aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
Summary
GULF OF ADEN (Jul. 23, 2011) Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Anthony Soto instructs Sailors on M-16 handling requirements during a Security Reaction Force-Basic course aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is conducting operations suppoerting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dylan McCord) File# 110723-N-SB672-012
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.