Apr 19 2021

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Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brooke Macchietto

Admiral Bill Lescher, U.S. Navy Vice Chief of Naval Operations, center, is greeted by Rear Adm. Charles W. Rock, commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, before a tour of unaccompanied Sailor housing during a trip to Hampton Roads, April 19, 2021. Lescher visited multiple commands in the Hampton Roads area, including U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, Military Sealift Command, Norfolk Naval Ship Yard, and Newport News Shipbuilding.

Apr 19 2021

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Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Theodore Green

NORFOLK (Apr. 19, 2021) Adm. Bill Lescher, U.S. Navy Vice Chief of Naval Operations, left, is greeted by Adm. Christopher W. Grady, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) during a trip to Hampton Roads. USFFC trains, certifies, and provides combat-ready Navy forces to combatant commands that are capable of conducting prompt, sustained naval, joint and combined operations in support of U.S. national interests.

Apr 19 2021

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MCSN Jesse Schwab

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 15, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Jacques Smith, right, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Lee Thomas, use lines to stabilize a training AV-8B Harrier during an immobile aircraft lifting evolution on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), April 15, 2021. Kearsarge, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, is underway to certify for operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse Schwab)

Apr 19 2021

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MCSN Jesse Schwab

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 15, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Armando Contreras ties down a stabilizing line on a training AV-8B Harrier on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), April 15, 2021. Kearsarge, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, is underway to certify for operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse Schwab)

Apr 19 2021

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MCSN Jesse Schwab

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 15, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Logan Marx-Hamilton, center, attaches the manufacture sling of a training AV-8B Harrier to a boom during an immobile aircraft lifting evolution on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), April 15, 2021. Kearsarge, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, is underway to certify for operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse Schwab)

Apr 19 2021

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MCSN Jesse Schwab

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 15, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Armando Contreras directs the driver of a crane on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), April 15, 2021. Kearsarge, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, is underway to certify for operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse Schwab)