Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Timothy Spear fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a crew-served weapons qualification on the fantail aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 12, 2017) Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Timothy Spear fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a crew-served weapons qualification on the fantail aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment, Oct. 6, to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Pastrick) File# 171012-N-OS895-1509
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.
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