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  • Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer is briefed by Lt. Cmdr. Chabonnie Alexander, USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) ordnance handling officer, on the Upper Stage 1 advanced weapons elevator during a tour of the Navy's newest aircraft carrier. Spencer and James Geurts, the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, visited Ford to see first-hand and hear from Sailors on the progress being made during the ship's post-shakedown availability at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. This image has been altered by blurring badges for security purposes. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kiana A. Raines (Released) 190117-N-AO748-1072
  • Sailors place a simulated casualty in a stretcher during a general quarters drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 16, 2019. Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its sixth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S national security interests in Europe and Africa. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Turner (Released) 190116-N-KA046-0121
  • Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Danielle Barclay, assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), signals a landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 out of the ship's well deck. Boxer is underway conducting routine operations as a part of USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John Luke McGovern (Released) 190116-N-SH168-1054
  • A Panther anti-submarine helicopter, assigned to France's Marine Nationale air defense destroyer FS Cassard (D 614), lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 17, 2019, during exercise Intrepid Sentinel. Intrepid Sentinel brings together the John C. Stennis Strike Group, France's Marine Nationale, United Kingdom's Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy for a multinational exercise designed to enhance war fighting readiness and interoperability between allies and partners. The John C. Stennis Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph Miller (Released) 190116-N-LI081-266

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Dr. Ed Jackson, executive architect for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., National Memorial Project Foundation in Washington, D.C., spoke at the Chief of Naval Personnel's special observance in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jan. 17.

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