Around the Fleet
All Hands, April, 2008
* An MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to the Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 26, transfers ordnance from USNS Mount Baker (T-AE 34) to the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
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* Photo by MC3 Sheldon Rowley
* DCFN Felicia Garcia checks sprinklers for blockage on the countermeasure wash down system aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7).
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* Photo by MC2 Class Bradley Dawson
* Former President George H. W. Bush signed the first dead load aboard Pre-Commissioning Unit George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) before it was launched during catapult testing. Catapult tests consist of launching large containers, called dead loads which are equal in weight to the aircraft that will ultimately be launched off the flight deck.
* Photo by Ricky Thompson
* A Sailor assigned to USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) embraces her daughter after returning from a six-month deployment in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.
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* Photo by MCSN Ash Severe
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