Navy first responders extinguish a simulated helicopter fire during an emergency services exercise at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. The exercise was conducted as part of an ongoing effort to increase efficien More
Adm. J.C. Harvey Jr., commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, delivers remarks at the USS Cole memorial during the 10th anniversary remembrance ceremony of the terrorist attack on Cole. The ceremony welcomed cu More
A sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush hits a golf ball in the ship's hangar bay during a morale, welfare and recreation event. George H.W. Bush is underway conducting training operations in More
Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit Gravely participate in a 5 kilometer run starting in Wilmington and ending at the Battleship USS North Carolina. Gravely will be commissioned, No More
Chief Warrant Officer Todd Treat, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit Gravely, talks with Williston Middle School students about life in the Navy. Gravely is in Wilmington for the sh More
Sailors man the rails as the ship is brought to life during the commissioning ceremony for the U.S. Navy's newest guided missile destroyer, USS Gravely. The new destroyer honors the late Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gra More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Stephens sings during Naval Station Norfolk's Black History Program, Feb. 18. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric C. Tretter)
Petty Officer First Class Clement Edionwele reads Barack Obama's 2011 Black History Month proclamation during Naval Station Norfolk's Black History Program, Feb. 18. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Speci More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Loralee Swanson practices the trombone aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort. Comfort is deployed supporting Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month deployment to More
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort as part of Continuing Promise 2011, prepares for flight operations. CP11 is a five-month humanitarian a More
U.S. Fleet Forces Band member Petty Officer 3rd Class Fred Vaughan, musician, talks with a Jamaican Defense Force Band member during the Jamaican closing ceremony as part of Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing More
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort is anchored off Paita, Peru during a Continuing Promise 2011 port visit. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbe More
Lt. Cmdr. Rolf Muldbakken walks a patient to an examination room during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 sailors perform 175-hour scheduled maintenance on a MH60-S helicopter aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort. Comfort is deployed in support of Continuing P More
Ensign Kelly Cartwright speaks to students and facility at San Gregario University before a performance of the U.S. Fleet Forces Band. The band is embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS More
Children, teachers and guests wave goodbye to personnel embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) following a community service event in Manta, Ecuador, in support of Con More
Air Force Maj. Gary Ruesch examines a patient during a Continuing Promise medical community service event at the Escuela Max Seidel. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Car More
Dr. César Jayashi Flores examines a boy's cat at a temporary veterinary clinic during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service project. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to t More
Colombian media film as doctors remove a bullet from a 23-year-old Colombian woman's cheek during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service project aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship US More
U.S. Fleet Forces Band members and Latter Day Saints Charities volunteers play music for patients aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical communit More
Lt. Cmdr. Jason Layton, from Wexford, Pa., holds a child in a staging area at the Centro Civico medical site during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service event. Continuing Promise is a five-month More
Commodore Brian Nickerson, mission commander of Continuing Promise 2011, delivers remarks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a civic engineering project at the Clinica Gasper Garcia Laviana. Continuing Promis More
Civil service mariner Able Seaman Erwin Joiner cleans debris from the anchor chain as it is hoisted aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort while preparing to depart San Juan del Sur duri More
Capt. David Weiss, commanding officer of the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort, holds a child at a luncheon following a welcoming ceremony as part of Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promis More
A dental patient waits to have a tooth extracted during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service event at the Los Angeles medical site in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. Continuing Promise is a five-mont More
Air Force Col. Edwin Burkett examines a patient at the Santa Isabel medical site during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and More
Brittney Salter, hospitalman from Pensacola, Fla., performs a dental cleaning during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service medical project at the Instituto Nacional de Acajutla medical site. Continuing Pr More
Commodore Brian Nickerson, mission commander for Continuing Promise 2011, center, leads military members of the Attache Association from Central and South America on a tour of the Military Sealift Command hospi More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Adolfo Ruiz-Rodriguez, left, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Blackman, both assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group (MSRON) 6, participate in a subject matter expert exchang More
Patients are weighed by Costa Rican nurses during a community service medical event at the Barranca Municipal Gym medical site in Barranca, Costa Rica, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a fi More
Service members and civilians aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort watch as the ship transits the Panama Canal during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humani More
A sailor embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort shuffles through French-Creole language cards before arriving at a surgical screening site at the Killick Haitian Coast Guard Bas More
Maj. Joanne Murphy examines a patient at the Terminal Varroux medical site in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Car More
Dr. Helle Hydeskov, from Denmark, examines a cat while Lt. Matt Swain observes at a temporary veterinary clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month human More
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 transports Rear Adm. Steven Ratti, U.S. Southern Command director of operations, from a temporary medical site at the Killick Coast Gu More
Rear Adm. Townsend G. Alexander, incoming commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, salutes during a change of command and retirement ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk.
Vice Adm. John Richardson, commander, Submarine Forces, delivers remarks during the commissioning of the Virginia-class attack submarine USS California (SSN 781) at Naval Station Norfolk. California is the eigh More
Adm. J. C. Harvey Jr., right, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, salutes as Master Chief Steven Timmons, left, and Seaman Dingji Zhuang, both assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole, present a wr More
An EA-18G Growler assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 141 lands during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. George H.W. Bush is underway conducting training operations in the A More
Cmdr. Douglas Kunzman, left, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit Gravely, and Cmdr. Michael Witherspoon, executive officer, stand on the bridge wing as the ship's battle fl More
Petty Officer 1st Class Theresa Provost, electrician's mate, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit Gravely, meets a resident of the Elderhaus Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elde More
Pre-Commissioning Unit Gravely awaits her commissioning ceremony to officially join the fleet as USS Gravely, on the morning of Nov. 20. The new destroyer honors the late Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gravely Jr., who wa More
Petty Officer 1st Class Kim Williams enjoys views of distant Haiti aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort during Continuing Promise 2011. CP-2011 is a five-month annual deployment to nin More
Sgt. Peter Swigart, left, from Maumee, Ohio, and Petty Officer 1st Class Allan Broussard, construction mechanic, from Beaumont, Texas, talk with a local child at Trenchtown Primary School in Kingston, Jamaica, More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Fred Vaughan, musician, assigned to the U.S. Fleet Forces Band, and members of the Jamaican Defense Force Band perform during the closing ceremony for the Jamaican phase of Continuing Pr More
Patients await a variety of examinations, including optometry, dental, pediatrics and general medicine during a medical community service event in support of Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a fiv More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Stephen Garcia, engineman, chips paint at Angelica Flores Zambrano school during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assist More
Cmdr. Mark Stewart gets a high-five during a Give A Kid A Backpack community service event at a school in Manta, Ecuador, in support of Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian a More
Cmdr. Eric Gessler, left, examines a patient while Petty Officer 2nd Class Pedro Arreaga, hospital corpsman, translates during a Continuing Promise medical community service event at the Escuela Max Seidel. Con More
Dr. Helle Hydeskov, from Denmark, examines a puppy at a temporary veterinary clinic during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service project. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission More
Seaman Caleb Evans, hospitalman, from Knoxville, Tenn., entertains children at the Centro Civico medical site during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service event. Continuing Promise is a five-month More
U.S. Fleet Forces Band members perform during a town festival during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Centr More
Civil service mariner Able Seaman Erwin Joiner and Lt. Erinn Gelakoska clean debris from the anchor chain as it is hoisted aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort while preparing to depar More
Members of the Guatemalan army march during a pass and review ceremony welcoming the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort to Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing More
Cmdr. Karen Elgin examines a pediatrics patient during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service event at the Los Angeles medical site in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. Continuing Promise is a five-month More
Civilian and military doctors embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort visit with administrators at Centro Medico Militar hospital during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promi More
Petty Officer 1st Class Darwin Flores, hospital corpsman from San Salvador, El Salvador, performs a dental cleaning during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service medical project at the Instituto Nacional d More
Military members of the Attache Association from Central and South America tour the bridge aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a More
Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group (MSRON) 6 participate in a subject matter expert exchange with local police in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promis More
Hospitalman Michael Buertey visits with children during a community service medical event at the Barranca Municipal Gym medical site in Barranca, Costa Rica, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise i More
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort transits the Panama Canal during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and More
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, transports cargo to a surgical screening site at the Killick Haitian Coast Guard Base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti during More
Capt. Deirdre Krause, from Loxahatchee, Fla., examines a patient at the Terminal Varroux medical site in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian as More
Lt. Matt Swain removes ticks from a puppy at a temporary veterinary clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Car More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gary Ruesch examines a patient at a temporary medical site at the Killick Coast Guard Base during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission More
Rear Adm. Mark Boensel, departing commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, speaks during his change of command and retirement ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk.
Submariners attend the commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class attack submarine USS California (SSN 781) at Naval Station Norfolk. California is the eighth Virginia-class submarine and will be homeported More
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush hit golf balls in the ship's hangar bay during a morale, welfare and recreation event. George H.W. Bush is underway conducting training operations in the More
The guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit Gravely navigates the Cape Fear River near Wilmington, N.C. Gravely is in Wilmington for the ship's commissioning ceremony, Nov. 12, and follows USS North Car More
Seaman Patrick Wargo, operations specialist, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit Gravely, signs his autograph for a resident of a retired living community during a community service More
A sailor assigned to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort examines a Jamaican man on the first day of medical screening during Continuing Promise 2011. CP11 is a five-month humanitarian assis More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Peter Swigart, from Maumee, Ohio, and a local child sand newly built cabinets at Trenchtown Primary School in Kingston, Jamaica, during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service project More
The U.S. Fleet Forces Band, and members of the Jamaican Defense Force Band perform during the closing ceremony for the Jamaican phase of Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian More
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) transits the Panama Canal en route to Peru in support of Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dawn Kraklio, hospital corpsman, performs dental work on a young patient during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assista More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Arthur, hospital corpsman, paints a wall at Angelica Flores Zambrano school during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanita More
Senior Chief Petty Officer Gerald Rainford plays soccer at a school in Manta, Ecuador, during a community service event in support of Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian ass More
Brazilian navy Lt. Maria Elisa Azevedo escorts a dental patient during a Continuing Promise medical community service event at the Escuela Max Seidel. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance More
A boy hugs his dogs after a medical screening by veterinarians during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service project. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Ce More
Doctors remove a bullet from a 23-year-old Colombian woman's cheek during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service project aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort. Continuing P More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Azzaria Diaz, left, a hospital corpsman, and Latter Day Saint Charities volunteer Kristen Lee visit with a patient recovering from surgery aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital sh More
Seaman Jamie Lee, hospitalman, entertains children at the Centro Civico medical site during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service event. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance More
Children chase bubbles outside the family medicine exam room during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service event Las Morenas medical site in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. Continuing Promise is a five More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Caturegli, construction electrician, removes tin from a roof at Escuela Aldea Los Maguelles in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Chavone Taylor, hospital corpsman, plays with a pediatrics patient during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service medical project at the Polideportivo medical site. Continuing Promis More
Gerald Butch, a civil service mariner embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort, places chaffing gear on mooring lines during Continuing Promise 2011.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Adolfo Ruiz-Rodriguez and other sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group (MSRON) 6 participate in a subject matter expert exchange with local police in Puntarenas, Costa More
Haitian fishermen look toward the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central More
Cmdr. Laurie Hale, from Green Cove Springs, Fla., examines a patient at the Terminal Varroux medical site in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitaria More
Rear Adm. Steven Ratti, director of operations for U.S. Southern Command, arrives by helicopter at a temporary medical site at the Killick Coast Guard Base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during Continuing Promise 20 More
Approximately 2,500 people attend the commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class attack submarine USS California (SSN 781) at Naval Station Norfolk. California is the eighth Virginia-class submarine and will More
Airman Isabel Ruiz, aviation structural mechanic, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 70, cleans the tail of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. George H. More
Cmdr. Douglas Kunzman, left, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit Gravely, salutes as Ashley High School Navy JROTC cadets raise the Navy ensign. Gravely will be commissione More
Visitors tour the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit Gravely. Gravely is in Wilmington for the ship's commissioning ceremony Nov. 20.
Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Gary Roughead, left, the Honorable Senator Kay Hagan, and Cmdr. Douglas Kunzman, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy's newest guided missile destroyer, USS Gravely, answer quest More