Around the fleet

All Hands, May, 2005

A crew chief assigned to the Blue Angels signals to start the engines of an F/A-184 Hornet for a daily preventative maintenance check during annual winter training aboard Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif.

Photo by PH2 Johansen Laurel

HMC Santy Shirley leads crew members in Tae Bo exercises aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).

Photo by PH2 Timothy Smith

Crash and salvage team members simulate rescuing AW3 David Ruiz from an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 7, during General Quarters drills on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

Photo by PH2 Craig R. Spiering

ENS Stephen Andros, dive officer aboard USS Grapple (ARS 53), has his suit checked prior to a dive. Andros is a member of the salvage and rescue ship tasked with recovering an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from the ocean floor near the coast of Virginia.

Photo by SN David Anderson

A young Indonesian girl in respiratory distress and her father arrive aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for treatment by Navy medical personnel and volunteers from "Project HOPE."

Photo by PH3 Rebecca J. Moal

Sailors assigned to the air department aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) use push bars to guide the arresting wire back into position after recovering and F/A-18C Hornet.

Photo by Phan Philip V. Morrill

MM1 Jonah Brixey loads an M-16 clip in anticipation of an upcoming live-fire training exercise aboard the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39). Brixey is a member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, Det. 20, stationed at Sigonella, Sicily.

Photo by PH2 Jonathan Kulo

BU2 Richard Flaws salvages tile from a schoolhouse in Koggala, Sri Lanka, that was destroyed by the tsunami that hit the region, Dec. 26, 2004.

Photo by JOSN S.C. Irwin

Deputy Commander, First Naval Construction Division, RADM Raymond K. Alexander, arrives to visit with the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 23 at work sites near Fallujah, one day prior to Iraq's historic democratic elections.

Photo by PH3 Todd Frantom

Family members wave goodbye to their loved ones aboard USS O'Kane (DDG 77) as she leaves Pearl Harbor on a scheduled deployment.

Photo by PH3 Ryan C. McGinlay

BM3 Tony Layton directs a Landing Craft Air Cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4, as it enters the well deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). Bataan is completing its final certifications to ensure the ship is ready for deployment.

Photo by PHAN Jeremy L. Graham

AM2 Jerry Grueser, and AM2 Edward Lapushchik, both assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 7, perform maintenance in the cabin of an HH-60H Seahawk in the hangar bay aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

Photo by PHAN Ricardo J. Reyes

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