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Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 2nd Class Patricia Bermudez, assigned to the Nimitiz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), applies a clear-coating to skateboards for retiring officers. Lincoln is u More

Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman John R. Sterett from Rockford, Ill., assembles a commode in the pipe shop aboard aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area o More

Sailors remove line from bits as the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) gets underway. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway off the coast of Southern California conducting flight operat More

Navy conservation specialist Vanessa Shoblock works with Jackson Kuran and Tyler Russell to build a bat box during National Public Lands Day at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook. Volunteers More

Seaman Ashlie Booker, assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge, puts on cosmetics with an orphan at the Shunko Gakuen children's home. Sailors from Blue Ridge gave out more than 70 gifts to ch More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristoffer Tundayag paints the decorative window guard on the side of the Misono Kodomo-ne-ie Orphanage during a spring clean up that sailors from Naval Air Facility Atsugi participated More

First and second-graders from Sasebo Elementary School, with the help of the United Service Organizations, bake holiday cookies for Sasebo's single Sailors. The holiday sweets will be donated to the USO, who wi More

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Maria Perez, left, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Trae Howell, right, watch while sailors below them guide cable from the hangar bay overhead More

Sailors from Pre-Commissioning Unit George H.W. Bush volunteer at its "adopted" school, Newsome Park Elementary. Sailors volunteer at the school under the Adopt-a-School program, playing a role in the students' More

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Christopher Cogar, left, from Cleveland and Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Asunta Allen, from San Diego, measure a high-pressure turbine shaft before installing it into a F More

150218-N-ZZ999-001 OSTEEN, Fla. (Feb. 18, 2015) - Naval History and Heritage Command archaeologist Dr. George Schwarz briefs members of the Central Florida Metal Detecting Club, archaeologists, and support staf More

Retired Army veterans John Fisher and Larry Simon reconstruct a Douglas DC-3 aircraft gauge panel for the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The DC-3 is a fixed-wing, prop More

The Pacific Aviation Museum officially began the $7.5 million stabilization of the historic Ford Island Control Tower with a Hawaiian blessing. The tower stood over Ford Island, Dec. 7, 1941, the day Japan atta More

Sideboys render a salute as Lt. Cmdr. Alan Cameron and Religious Program Specialist 3rd Class Chester Harden carry the ashes of John A. Williams, a World War II veteran, as part of an aerial burial at sea. The More

171201-N-NO147-001 WASHINGTON (Dec. 1, 2017) An undated file photo of Chief Boatswain's Mate Joseph L. George. After enlisting in 1935, George was assigned to the repair ship USS Vestal, which was moored alongs More

Contractors work on a lowered antenna span as part of the 2012 Antenna Replacement Project at Jim Creek Naval Radio Station. Some of the cable spans are over 1 mile long and span the distance between two 3,000 More

A Confederate flag captured from the CSS Hampton lies on a protective sheet during a ceremony celebrating the transfer of ownership of the flag from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society to Navy Histor More

Lt. Molly Crabbe, the naval science instructor at Yale University, teaches a course to Yale University Naval ROTC unit midshipmen. Yale was one of the first universities to have an ROTC unit beginning in 1926. More

A landing craft air cushion assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 returns to the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan from Morehead City, N.C., after delivering cargo to the beach during a post deployment More

Chaplain Religious Enrichment Development Operation (CREDO) Director, Cmdr. Myung “Dan” Kim gives the opening remarks at the opening of the Navy Region Japan CREDO office. Started in 1971 the CREDO program spon More

John Maners, a logger from Spencer, Ind., cuts down a white oak which will be used for an upcoming dry dock period for USS Constitution. The white oaks at Naval Support Activity Crane have been used for repairs More

In this 1979 file photo, Chief of Naval Operations Thomas B. Hayward meets with the 4th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Thomas Crow and his wife, Carol Crow. Crow died of cancer Sunday, Nov. 30, at his h More

190425-N-N08E9-1001 ROMANIA (April 25, 2019) An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the "Sidewinders" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 flies behind a P-8 Poseidon during a long-range strike exercise together with the More

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Kelly Arana, right, from Dallas, and Fire Controlman 2nd Class Joshua Hoekstra, from Hudsonville, Mich., give training on proper fire extinguisher operation during a general quarters d More

Capt. Chris Bolt, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), delivers remarks to the crew during an all-hands call on the flight deck. Ronald Reagan is moored and homeported at Naval More

Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Dakota Low, right, from South Bend, Ind., and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Apprentice Michael Fuller, from Houghton Lake, Mich., fire an M240 machine gun on More

Sailors practice using a portable exothermal cutting unit during a damage control training aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is currently underway conducting training. (U.S. More

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the San Diego Harbor for a scheduled underway exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Conor Minto/Released)

Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Mitch Martin, from Astoria, Ore., Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Jarod Coleman, from Fort Myers, Fla., and Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Joseph Russell, from Salem, Ore., fire an M2HB .50-cali More

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is moored at Naval Air Station North Island. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cyd M. St. John/Released)

Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Jose Ramirez, left, from Miami, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate Karie Becht, from Kent, Ohio, tighten bolts on a catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). R More

An F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet assigned to the Flying Eagles of the Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is underway conducting carrier qual More

Sailors conduct a line handling evolution aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is currently underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Sp More

Capt. Chris Bolt, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), addresses Sailors during an all-hands call on the flight deck. Ronald Reagan is underway participating in an operational More

Lt. Cmdr. Eric Severson, from Houston, assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HSC) 4, performs a preflight check on a MH-60S Sea Hawk aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reaga More

Sailors stand by as the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) pulls alongside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) for a replenishment-at-sea. Yukon transferred 1.1 More

Sailors fire an M-240 machine gun during a live fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is underway, conducting tailored ship’s training availability. (U.S. Navy phot More

Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Harry Roberson, from Houston, inventories off-going supplies aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan is moored and home-ported at Naval Base Coronado. (U.S. More

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Aaron Combs, left, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Leonard Shepard, both from Atlanta, reeve an arresting gear cable aboard the aircraft carrier USS More

Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Jason Wollberg, from Omaha, Neb., operates a portable exothermic cutting unit during damage control training aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan More

An MH-60S Seahawk assigned to the "Eight Ballers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HSC) 8 and embarked on USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), delivers ammunition to the dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashea More

Jared Kennedy welds tracks used to transport a material holding tank in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Kennedy is part of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard team conducting maint More

Lt. j.g. William Halling, from Perry, Iowa, checks a monitor in the combat direction center of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is underway participating in an operational reactor More

In this file photo taken Dec. 30, 1986, Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, tours the battleship USS Iowa (BB 61). Kelso, 79, died Sunday, June 23, 2013, following injuries sustaine More

Marines gather on a strafed Iranian oil platform to collect intelligence data and military equipment used by Iranians. The platform was later destroyed by gunfire from U.S. destroyers in retaliation for the Ira More

A file photo taken Aug. 26, 1994, shows a port quarter view of the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) vehicle transport ship Cape Ray (T-AKR-6663) moored at the Moon Engineering Company near Norfolk, Va. (U.S. Navy phot More

A wide angel view of aircraft parts recovered from TWA Flight 800 inside the Grumman Reconstruction Facility at Calverton, N.Y., Aug. 6, 1996. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Charles L. Withrow)

Capt. Wes McCall, commanding officer of Naval Station Mayport, speaks during the guided-missile frigate USS Stark (FFG 31) remembrance ceremony at Naval Station Mayport. On May 17, 1987, while on a routine patr More

The guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) comes along side the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) for replenishment at sea. Carr is deployed with the Kearsarge Strike Gro More

Four of the nine remaining USS Arizona survivors, Donald Stratton, left, Louis Conter, John Anderson, and Lauren Bruner, toast in honor of fallen shipmates and service members of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese atta More

Musician 3rd Class Shelby Tucci, assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band, enters the USS Arizona Memorial during the National Park Service sunset tour. Tucci performed evening Taps at the memorial which marks t More

The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. was founded in 1845 by Secretary of the Navy, George Bancroft. As the undergraduate college of the naval service, the U.S. Naval Academy strives to accomplish i More

Sailors and Marines of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group color guard present the colors at a commemoration ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island in honor of the 70th anniversary of More

Rear Adm. Patrick Lorge, Commandant of Naval District Washington, and retired Rear Adm. Kleber Masterson Jr. render honors during a wreath laying ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial commemorating the 69th annive More

Sailors who were aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are greeted with honors as they enter the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. The monu More

Jim Stansell, Pearl Harbor survivor and President of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Chapter Five, and Cmdr. Lew Callaway, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, salute during colors at the Pe More

Lt. Peter Ott, a chaplain assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI), strikes the bell in honor of those who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor during the Pearl Harbor Commemoration held in the ch More

Capt. Lawrence Scruggs, commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Pacific, lowers the urn of Pearl Harbor survivor Quartermaster 2nd Class Theodore Franklin Roosevelt to U.S. Navy and National Par More

170528-N-FP878-111 NETTUNO, Italy (May 28, 2017) A member of the U.S. Naval Forces Europe Band performs in a Memorial Day ceremony at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery. During the ceremony, veterans, service me More

Rear Adm. Mike Shatynski, deputy commander of Naval Surface Forces, tours the Museum of Tolerance with museum director Liebe Geft during Los Angeles Navy Week 2011, one of 21 Navy Weeks this year across the cou More

The Churchland High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC Color Guard parades the colors during a Pearl Harbor survivors remembrance ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. The event commemorate More

Crew members aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) send a rigid hull inflatable boat to recover OSCAR during a man-over drill. Carr is undergoing Unit Level Training Readiness Assessment Sustainme More

Seven survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are honored for their service during a Pearl Harbor Day ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Pa. This will be the l More

Members of USS Theodore Roosevelt's (CVN 71) diversity team serve ice cream and cookies on the mess decks to celebrate Women's Equality Day, Aug. 24 to raise awareness for the long struggle for women to gain th More

The museum battleship USS Texas is being restored to her 1945 condition. The former USS Texas (BB 35) was commissioned March 12, 1914 and decommissioned April 21, 1948. The battleship saw action in World War I More

Paul Goodyear, a Pearl Harbor survivor and former sailor aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB 37), right, meets Allen Bodenlos, a fellow Pearl Harbor survivor and former soldier, as they arrive at the USS Mid More

The oil painting "Windward Hill," by Albert Murray, painted in 1943, was found in 2001 in an auction on the eBay website. It was the first misappropriated painting recovered by Navy Art Collection head curator More

During a general quarters drill crew members aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) charge the hoses as they head towards the fire. Carr is undergoing Unit Level Training Readiness Assessment Susta More

150519-N-IU636-103 PEARL HARBOR (May 19, 2015) Sailors assigned to the Honors and Ceremonial Guard of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam fold an American flag for presentation during an ash-scattering ceremony for More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlton Shippee plays the trombone as he marches up 5th Avenue in New York City during the 64th Annual Columbus Day Parade. The parade is sponsored by the Columbus Citizens Foundation an More

Sailors assigned to the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Honors and Ceremonies hold the flag during the burial honors ceremony for Pearl Harbor survivor retired Chief Warrant Officer John W. Welton at the USS Uta More

A volunteer from a Combined Federal Campaign charity speaks with an attendee at a Combined Federal Campaign event at the Pentagon. Combined Federal Campaign has been the sole authorized workplace charitable cam More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert poses for a photo with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Mike Stevens and his wife and Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Micheal Barrett and his wife at the Nav More

Medal of Honor recipients and sailors dedicate a wreath to the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor during a wreath laying ceremony to pay tribute to the sailors killed during the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack More

Retired Navy Cmdr. Bob Coolbaugh, flies his replica Ely-Curtiss Pusher aircraft at Naval Station Norfolk Friday as part of a ceremony to commemorate 100 years of naval aviation. Eugene Ely took off from the lig More

Staff Sgt. Leatha Finch stands at parade rest in front of a formation of Marines during a commemoration ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in honor of the 70th anniversary of t More

Sailors assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Navy Detachment honor guard form up during the burial service of Pearl Harbor survivor Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Jack Gordon Franklin at the USS Utah Memorial More

Cmdr. Erica L. Hoffman, commanding officer of the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58), gives a challenge coin to Pearl Harbor survivor Henry Griffin during a ceremony commemorating the 72nd an More

The U.S. Navy chief's mess celebrates 120 years of the chief petty officer rank during a ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial. Chiefs have been charged with leading sailors since the creation of the rank in 1893. More

In this undated file photo the submarine USS Grunion is seen underway. Grunion was reported lost on August 16, 1942 after reporting firing on an enemy destroyer, sinking three destroyer-type vessels, and attack More

Dick Girocco, a survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, shakes hands with Operations Specialist Sean Storms, a student attending the Center for Security Forces' Ships Reaction Force Advan More

Cmdr. Jon Giacoman (l), an anesthesiologist at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, administers anesthesia to a patient during a total thyroidectomy surgery for Graves’ disease. NH Jacksonville’s priority since it More

Capt. Lawrence Scruggs, deputy commander of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, speaks during a sunset ceremony to honor those who perished during the attack on Pearl Harbor at th More

Petty Officer 1st Class Juan Ramerez, Boatswain Mate, assigned to Hawaii Regional Honor Guard, pipes attention during an interment ceremony for former USS Arizona (BB 39) crewmember Ensign Millard Ramsdell. A s More

Naval Medical Center San Diego Command Master Chief Yenhung Duberek, right, looks on as Chief Hospital Corpsman Roberta Enes, left, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Joana Miclat and Capt. Mark A. Kobelja, deputy More

A unique T-34 "Turbo Mentor" passes in front of several other T-34's painted in the current orange and white colors. The aircraft's grey and yellow paint scheme, with Marine markings, are a part of the Centenni More

Members of the Fleet Activities Sasebo Security Detachment softball team the"Typhoons" exchange bows with their Japanese counterparts during the 16th annual Satsukikai Softball Tournament at Nimitz Park. More t More

Master Sgt. Todd Kneisly and Airman 1st Class Robert Gore load a C-130 Hercules with humanitarian relief supplies for Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis at Utapao Air Base, Thailand. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior More

Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) cheer on the Navy during the Army vs. Navy football game. The first Army vs. Navy game was in 1890, and Navy has won the last 12 straight games. More

In this file photo provided by the U.S. Naval Historical Center taken in November 1910, a floating crane from Norfolk Naval Shipyard lifts a Curtiss Model D biplane to the deck of the Chester-class cruiser USS More

Bruce Mayes, a professional pilot for Vintage Aviation, flies over veterans, service members and guests at the Ford Island control tower dedication ceremony in a 1944 North American SNJ-5B plane at Joint Base P More

Sheldon Zimmerman, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division laser engineer, demonstrates a laser typically used as an astronomy aid. Zimmerman performed hazard analysis on the system, which has a purple More

The Naval Support Activity Naples Color Guard parades the colors as part of the Naval Support Activity Naples Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony. The ceremony honored the 2,403 Americans who died during the Dec. More

Kate Morrand, archaeological conservator for the Archaeology and Conservation Laboratory at Naval History and Heritage Command, cleans artifacts recovered from the wreck of USS Huron, which sank in a storm off More

Navy Reserve Component doctors, dentists, nurses and hospital corpsman from Operational Health Support Unit (OHSU) Detachment S join their youngest and oldest members, Hospitalman Ryan Banner and dentist Cmdr. More

An American Flag stands next to a photo placed on the white marble standard of Ensign Robert Hunter at the USS Oklahoma Memorial. Pearl Harbor survivors and other veterans attended the National Park Service and More

150313-N-OU290-652 PEARL HARBOR (Mar. 13, 2015) – Pearl Harbor survivors and shipmates retired Rear Adm. Albert H. Clancy and former Chief Boatswain’s Mate Ray Emory share their accounts of the events of Dec. 7 More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul Bria puts a firefighting mask on a child during a tour of the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau. Nassau is in New York to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet. More

Sterling Cale, a Pearl Harbor survivor, speaks to sailors as part of U.S. Pacific Command Chief Petty Officer 365 for a heritage event at the USS Arizona Memorial visitor center. Following the attack on Pearl H More

BANGOR, Wash. (April 1, 2019) Chief petty officers observe morning colors at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor as part of the celebration marking the birthday of the chief petty officer. The Navy created the rank of chi More