Year in review - Owner's & Operator's/Manual 2002

All Hands, Jan, 2002

JAN-AUG 2001

PRESIDENTIAL PASS-IN-REVIEW

Members of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard pass-in-review for their new Commander in Chief, President George W. Bush. One unit from each of the military services participated in the review, which then became part of the presidential escort, leading the new President to the White House following the Inauguration.

INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE

MU3 Dave Cobble, of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet Band, takes a moment to meet one of many local children anxious to shake hands with the military personnel taking part in the International City Parade in Mumbai, India. The event was part of the International Fleet Review hosted by the Indian navy in Mumbai.

HELPING HANDS

Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, Gulfport, Miss., start to rebuild a bridge in the Shoalwater Bay training area, Australia, during Exercise Tandem Thrust greets his children

DADDY'S HOME

CT2 Josef Edmonds s his children upon arrival in Whidbey Island, Wash. Edmonds and other crew members from the Navy EP-3 Aries II aircraft involved in the April 1 accident with a-Chinese F-8 aircraft were welcomed home after being detained in China for 11 days following the incident.

PEARL HARBOR PREMIERE

Fireworks explode at the conclusion of the movie "Pearl Harbor" aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The carrier served as the stage for the movie's premiere showing.

"CHRISTEN THEE..."

President George W. Bush and William P. Frick, chairman and chief executive officer of Newport News Shipbuilding watch as former-First Lady Nancy Reagan prepares to christen the newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in Newport News, Va.

SHALLOW-WATER SECURITY

MM1 Bob Howell, from SEAL Team 5, provides cover for his platoon, as members of Special Boat Unit 22 extract the team during an exercise conducted during Northern Edge 2001.

EXERCISE UNITAS

AW2 Robert Simpson, in an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to Light Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HSL) 42 aboard USS Monterey (CG 61), overlooks 15 warships from five different nations as they assemble in the South Atlantic Ocean to kick off the Atlantic phase of the annual UNITAS exercise.

READY TO DIVE

GM2(SW/DV) Brandon Pevear, assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, suits up in the Navy's MK-21 helmet before a dive in Lumut, Malaysia. MDSU 1 cross-trained with Malaysian divers while participating in Exercise Cooperation

Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2001.

SEPTEMBER 11TH

"AMERICAN HEROES"

A New York City fireman yells for more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble that was once the World Trade Center in New York City. Hundreds of others risked their lives in the shifting pile of debirs round him to try and save those who may still be alive

BURNING STILL

Days after the World Trade Center attack, the rubble still burned hot. Firefighters worked day and night to put out the fires so emergency rescue workers could find a path into the destruction.

RAPID RESPONSE

Medical personnel load wounded into ambulances at the medical triage area set up outside the Pentagon.

NOT GIVING UP

As the sun sets, rescue workers continue their recovery efforts in New York, climbing into the heart of the destruction to look for survivors and fallen comrades alike.

WEAPONS OF WAR

Aviation ordnancemen on board USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) move several GBU-16 laser guided bombs onto the elevator.

BATTLEGROUND: WASHINGTON

An aerial view shows the damage and relief effort after the attack on the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2001. At 8:10 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77, departed Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles. Nearly 90 minutes later, it slammed into the northwest side of the Pentagon, killing at least 180; 42 of whom were Department of the Navy personnel.

EYE IN THE SKY

An aircrewman aboard a Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 E-2C Hawkeye, embarked on USS George Washington (CVN 73), tracks all air and surface contacts off the East Coast of the United States to provide additional air defense to New York City following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

LONG ARM OF FREEDOM

Tomahawk cruise missiles are launched from the forward Vertical Launch System aboard USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) in a strike against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan on Oct. 7,2001.

HELP ON THE WAY

USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) passes by the Statue of Liberty on her way to Manhattan to support the citizens of New York City after the attack on the World Trade Center.

ENDURING FREEDOM

An F/A-18 Hornet approaches the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as USS McFaul (DDG 74) trails behind as plane guard. Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier airwing are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Marines attach munitions to the wing of an F/A-18 Hornet aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and her attached Sailors, Marines and aircraft are operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.