Naval History and Heritage Command

910921-N-ZZ999-110 WASHINGTON (Sept. 21, 1991) An official U.S. Navy portrait of the 24th Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Frank B. Kelso II. The photo is dated Sept. 21, 1991. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jon Blosser/Released)

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130614-N-BU440-473 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 14, 2013) U.S. Marines inspect an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft after landing on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181) during amphibious exercise Dawn Blitz. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise led by the U.S. 3rd Fleet and 1 Marine Expeditionary Force that will test participants in the planning and execution of amphibious operations through a series of live training events. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Molly A. Evans/Released)

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130614-N-IK959-600 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 14, 2013) World War II Navy veteran and Battle of Midway survivor Joe Sanes, left, receives his honorary boot camp graduation certificate from Capt. John Dye, commanding officer of Recruit Training Command, in the USS Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command. Sanes, who enlisted in the Navy on Nov. 14, 1941, never completed boot camp at Great Lakes because of the Pearl Harbor attack and America's entrance into the war. Sanes, along with other recruits, was immediately assigned orders. Sanes was ordered to the USS Hammann (DD 412). Dye recognized and presented Sanes with his graduation certificate at the weekly pass-in-review graduation. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released)

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130610-N-WE887-005 WASHINGTON NAVY YARD (June 10, 2013) Dr. Don Walsh, a retired U.S. Navy captain, talks to acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron about the Trieste, a deep-diving research bathyscaphe which reached the deepest known part of the earth's oceans, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench near Guam, on Jan. 23, 1960. Piloting Trieste in 1960 were Navy Lt. Don Walsh and scientist Jacques Piccard. Trieste is now permanently housed at the National Museum of the Unites States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard. Cameron piloted the Deepsea Challenger nearly seven miles to Challenger Deep on March 26, 2012. Cameron has donated Deepsea Challenger to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gina K Morrissette/Released)

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130611-N-PM781-005 WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 11, 2013) Former Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Paul Ignatius speaks during a ship naming ceremony held to celebrate the naming of the future USS Paul Ignatius. Current SECNAV, Ray Mabus, announced previously that the next Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer would be named USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arif Patani/Released)

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130610-N-CS953-002 WASHINGTON (June 10, 2013) Christina Symons, Ph.D., speaks with students about the submersible Deepsea Challenger during National Museum of the United States Navy

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130611-N-ZZ999-001 HAWAII (June 11, 2013) U.S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class George Luther Self is pictured in this 1941 photograph taken in Hawaii while he served aboard the destroyer USS Hammann. A World War II-era flag flew over Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Virginia June 6 in Self's honor on the 71st anniversary of his death at the Battle of Midway. Self's sister, Virginia Self Trent, was presented with the flag after a traditional flag folding ceremony. Self was killed in action the day before his 25th birthday when a Japanese submarine fired torpedoes that sank USS Hammann June 6, 1942. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

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130606-N-DE005-033 DAHLGREN, Va. (June 6, 2013) Capt. Michael Smith, commander of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), salutes Virginia Self Trent after presenting her with a World War II-era flag. The flag was flown over NSWCDD in honor of her brother, Seaman 2nd Class George Luther Self, on the 71st anniversary of his death at the Battle of Midway on June 6, 1942. Self was killed in action the day before his 25th birthday when a Japanese submarine fired torpedoes that sunk the destroyer USS Hammann. (U.S. Navy photo by John Joyce/Released)

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130607-N-OV802-063 MILLINGTON, Tenn. (June 7, 2013) Lt. j.g. Kelly Cartwright conducts Navy Band Mid-South during a Battle of Midway commemoration at Naval Support Activity Mid-South. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Jamieson/Released)

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130607-N-MM360-028 EVERETT, Wash. (June 7, 2013) Ernie Arnold, a retired Sailor and World War II veteran, speaks during a combined ceremony commemorating the Battle of Midway and Memorial Day in the Grand Vista Ballroom on Naval Station Everett. The Battle of Midway, considered by many as the turning point of the Pacific front of World War II, is one of the most well-known and revered victories in naval history. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeffry Willadsen/Released)

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130607-N-MM360-040 EVERETT, Wash. (June 7, 2013) Ernie Arnold, a retired Sailor and World War II veteran, Loren Sperry, a Vietnam War Veteran and commander of the Washington Department of the American Legion, and Chief Culinary Specialist Eric Russell salute during a wreath laying ceremony commemorating the Battle of Midway and Memorial Day in the Grand Vista Ballroom on Naval Station Everett. The Battle of Midway, considered by many as the turning point of the Pacific front of World War II, is one of the most well-known and revered victories in naval history. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeffry Willadsen/Released)

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130604-N-SU274-122 BOSTON (June 4, 2013) Sailors chart a course through Boston Harbor aboard USS Constitution during the ship's first underway of 2013. Constitution hosted more than 375 first responders to the events surrounding the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings at the underway, which commemorated the bombing victims and the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter D. Melkus/Released)

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130605-N-PE825-010 BALTIC SEA (June 5, 2013) Members of the color guard aboard the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) parade the colors during a ceremony to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway while underway in the Baltic Sea. The pivotal battle is seen as the turning point in Word War II, giving the United States the advantage in the Pacific campaign. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Collin Turner/Released)

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130605-N-IC228-004 MAYPORT, Fla. (July 5, 2013) Rear Adm. Sinclair M. Harris, commander of U.S. 4th Fleet, is interviewed by Jacksonville, Fla., media about the importance of the Battle of Midway and the turning point of World War II in the Pacific aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) during a ceremony commemorating the battle at Naval Station Mayport. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker/Released)

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130530-N-AH647-038 WASHINGTON (May 30, 2013) Dr. Alexis Catsambis, left, cultural resource manager, and Blair Atcheson, historical preservation coordinator, both from the Naval History and Heritage Command at the Washington Navy Yard, move a late 19th century Howell torpedo. The torpedo was discovered by a team of Navy dolphins off the coast of San Diego and is scheduled to undergo months of restoration by a Navy archaeological team. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Cothran/Released)

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130502-N-JI134-014 NORFOLK (May 2, 2013) Former Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Duane Bushey speaks to first class petty officers and chief petty officers at Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command. Bushey was invited by the command's Chief's Mess to speak to during a recent CPO-365 training session to share his experiences in the Navy and how it has evolved from the time he enlisted in 1962 through his time as the Navy's seventh MCPON from 1988-1992. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

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