Marine Kissed A Girl
May 25th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
A Marine seizes the opportunity to kiss singer, Katy Perry, on stage during the opening night block party for Fleet Week New York. Fleet Week is an opportunity for Marines, sailors, and coast guardsmen to show the people of New York woh the Nave, Marine and Coast Guard team are, what they do, and how committed they are to serving this country. Twenty-one U.S. and coalition ships and more than 6,000 troops will participate in the 25th anniversary of Fleet Week New York, a celebration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, May 23 – 30. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeffrey Drew)
Welcome Home for Strike Fighter Squadron 81
May 23rd, 2012 | Photography The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Deputy Wing Commander Captain Jeffrey Winter, center, is mobbed by two of his children, Julia, 11, and Jackson, 13, behind him, upon the return of Strike Fighter Squadron 81 to Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va., on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. The F/A -18E Super Hornet squadron returned Wednesday after a six-month deployment in the Middle East with the USS Carl Vinson, a West Coast-based aircraft carrier. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Vicki Cronis-Nohe)
US Naval Academy Sea Trials
May 21st, 2012 | From the Ranks Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 15, 2012) A first-year midshipman, or plebe, is splashed with mud while participating in the annual Sea Trials at the U.S. Naval Academy. Sea Trials is modeled after the Marine Corps Crucible and the Navy’s Battle Stations recruit programs. It is a capstone event for the fourth class midshipmen and serves as a leadership challenge for the upper class midshipmen who lead each event during the exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad Runge/Released)
Matching Moustaches
May 9th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
BANGOR, Wash. (May 6, 2012) Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Matthew Stonehocker, assigned to the Blue Crew of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743), reunites with his wife and son at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor after Louisiana’s return from a strategic deterrent patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early)
Hover Spray
May 7th, 2012 | From the Ranks Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
Navy hovercraft with Assault Craft Unit 5 depart USS Makin Island carrying 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit vehicles and personnel here May 1. The units are deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, currently a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (Lance Cpl. Claudia Palacios/USMC)
Push to the Finish in Warrior Games
May 5th, 2012 | From the Ranks Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 1, 2012) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Angelo Anderson lends a helping hand to retired Navy Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Oswald Gould during the cycling event at the 2012 Warrior Games. More than 200 wounded, ill or injured service members from the U.S. and British armed forces are scheduled to compete in the Paralympics-style competition, May 1-5. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Danals/Released)
Creek Leap
May 3rd, 2012 | Afghanistan From the Ranks Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Valdez (left), a corpsman with 1st Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 30-year-old native of Waipahu, Hawaii, extends a helping hand to Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Mireles, a team leader and 23-year-old native of Austin, Texas, as Mireles jumps a stream during a security patrol here, April 30, 2012. On the final patrol of their seven-month deployment, the Marines toured the Durzay region of Helmand province’s Garmsir district to disrupt possible insurgent activity. After arriving in Garmsir in October 2011, the Marines aided Afghan National Security Forces in assuming lead security responsibility of the district, developing and expanding legitimate Afghan governance by defeating insurgent forces and securing the people of Garmsir. (Cpl. Reece Lodder/USMC)
USS Constitution Sailors Furl the Topsail
May 3rd, 2012 | From the Ranks Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (April 30, 2012) Sailors assigned to USS Constitution furl the topsail on the main mast of the ship. Sailors assigned to Constitution routinely work to improve seamanship skills in preparation for possibly sailing the ship for the bicentennial of the War of 1812. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist William J. Clark/Released)
Friendly Wave
April 20th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
INDIAN OCEAN (Apr. 16, 2012) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) wave at passing Indian Ships during a Malabar 2012 exercise. Halsey is participating in Malabar, a regularly scheduled naval field training exercise conducted to advance multinational maritime relationships and mutual securities with the Indian Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Farrington/Released)
Maintenance by Moonlight
April 7th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
120405-N-DR144-475 INDIAN OCEAN (April 5, 2012) Aviation Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Chelsea Prufer, left, and Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Jamie Wolfe, right, both assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, finish up maintenance on the wing of an F/A-18F Super Hornet as the moon rises over the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)