Year in Review - Navy highlights: December 1999-November 2000 - Brief Article

All Hands, Jan, 2001

DECEMBER 99

5th Fleet Visit

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy MMCM(SS/SW/AW) Jim Herdt visited USS Enterprise (CVN 65). During his visit he spent time on the mess decks eating and chatting with Sailors and Marines.

JANUARY

Carrier Qualifications

Sailors chisel ice off of the 4.5 acre flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) after a major snow storm hit the U.S. East Coast, Jan. 25, 2000.

FEBRUARY

Alaska Airlines

MM2 Robert Rodriguez, of Amarillo, Texas, drives the Scorpio a tethered unmanned work vehicle as MM2 Robert Duncan of Torrance, Calif., continues to search the ocean floor for the second of two flight recorders from the crash site of Alaska Airlines Flight 261.

MARCH

COMPTUEX

SN Shawn Bowers stands watch aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the forward night lookout, scanning the ocean surface through the "big eyes," during composite unit exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Gulf of Mexico.

JUNE

Cooperative Partners

Marines and Sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct ship-to-shore familiarization exercises with Ukrainian Soldiers in the Black Sea using Zodiacs and Ukrainian BTR-80s during the first phase of NATO's Exercise Cooperative Partner 2000. The Ukrainian amphibious ship Sagadaidi is anchored to the left in the background.

APRIL

Med Ops

Giving the OK thumbs up, EOD LT Kathy Miranda, Carrier Air Wing 7 (CAG) CAPT Richard Jaskot and EOD/SEAL personnel practice Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction (SPIE) techniques from an HH-60 helicopter aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).

MAY

Admiral On Deck

VADM Charles W. Moore Jr., Commander, 5th Fleet, renders a salute as he passes through the side boys before coming aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The Eisenhower and Carrier Airwing 7 (CVW 7) were on a six-month cruise on the Persian Gulf.

MAY

Naval Academy Graduate

After four long years at the U.S. Naval Academy, a Midshipman becomes an Ensign.

JUNE

Exercise Strong Angel

This makeshift refugee camp is one of the sites of exercise Strong Angel, located at the base of Puu Paa on the northwest corner of Hawaii. Strong Angel was part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC 2000) exercise that took place in and around the Hawaiian Island chain during the month of June. RIMPAC is the largest maritime exercise in the Asia-Pacific region, bringing together military forces from seven different nations.

AUGUST

Unitas 2000

ENS Deldrick Gray confirms the position of the Aegis cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) during an aerial drone gunnery exercise with the naval forces of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and France. Ticonderoga is participating in the Atlantic Phase of UNITAS 2000, an annual series naval exercises with South American naval forces in the region.

JULY

International Naval Review 2000

The 16-barge July 4th fireworks display was spectacular from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) during International Naval Review 2000 (INR 2000). INR 2000 is the Navy's congressionally mandated observance of the millennial year and recognized of the Nation's 224th birthday. More than 25,000 Sailors and Marines from 20 countries enjoyed this week long "Celebration of Seapower for the Millennium."

AUGUST

Welcome Home

0S2 Class Michael Standfill from virginia Beach, VA, is greeted by his wife and son upon his return from a scheduled six-month deployment aboard USS Mahan (DDG 72). The Norfolk-based destroyer was one of nine ships assigned to the USS Dwight D. Elsenhower's (CVN 69) Carrier Battle Group:

OCTOBER

USS Cole (DDG 67) Incident

The United States Navy Ceremonial Guard provides honors for the fallen members of USS Cole (DDG 67), upon their return to the United States at Dover AFB, Del.

SEPTEMBER

Cleared for Landing

ABAN Steve Reyes and AB Cristopher Rogotero signal a helo to land on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) while underway in the sea of Japan.

SEPTEMBER

CARAT 2000

The guided-missile frigate USS Sides (FFG 14) steams along with ships attached to the Royal Brunei Navy in support of CARAT (Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training) 2000. Carat 2000 is an annual series of bilateral exercises between the United States and Southwest Asian navies designed to promote cooperation and interoperability.

NOVEMBER

Southern Watch

AMSAN Zachariah Wagner perpares to service a jet engine on the flight deck aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73).