PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 13, 2010)1 of 4
Operations Specialist 3rd Class Steven Sittner holds the Nixie module as it is reeled onto the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Nixie is a passive decoy system that provides countermeasures against torpedo attacks. Ronald Reagan is underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting drills in preparation for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexander Tidd (Released) 100913-N-5503T-009
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 30, 2013)2 of 4
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Neil Graupmann, from Kadoka, S.D., gives an all-clear signal from the bow safety position to launch an E-2C Hawkeye from the Liberty Bells of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 115 aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, protect and defend the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paolo Bayas (Released) 130630-N-TE278-028
SUBIC BAY, Philippines (June 28, 2013)3 of 4
Chief Boatswain's Mate Elias Inoa, right, and Gunner's Mate 1st Class Nicholas Heidingsfelder, center, both assigned to the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST) teach visit, board, search and seizure techniques to members of the Philippine Coast Guard during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Philippines 2013. More than 600 Sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Philippines, a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jay C. Pugh (Released) 130628-N-YU572-332
RED SEA (June 29, 2013)4 of 4
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Lili Xie signals an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 during take off from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Abraham Essenmacher (Released) 130629-N-AD372-613
