Today's US Navy Photos & Videos

GULF OF ADEN (June 2, 2016) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Guillermo Ortiz fires a shot line from guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) to fleet-replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) during a replenishment-at-sea. Gonzalez is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Pasquale Sena/Released)

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GULF OF ADEN (June 3, 2016) Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) work to move supplies from the flight deck during a vertical replenishment at sea. New Orleans is part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th MEU, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chelsea D. Daily/ Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 3, 2016) USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Air Department Sailors stretch the barricade during a flight deck drill. Carl Vinson is underway conducting command assessment of readiness and training (CART) II off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr./Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 4, 2016) Lt. j.g. Victoria Stagg checks search and rescue (SAR) gear aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower and its Carrier Strike Group (CSG) are deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Murray/Released)

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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany (June 5, 2016) Patrol Squadron (VP) Four's P-3C Orion aircraft, left, parked alongside VP-62's P-3C, center, and VP-26's P-8A Poseidon as the squadrons prepare for BALTOPS 2016. BALTOPS is an annual recurring multinational exercise designed to improve interoperability, enhance flexibility, and demonstrate the resolve of allied and partner nations to defend the Baltic region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin Menhardt/ Released)

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US Navy ArleighBurke Class Destroyer USS Porter (DDG78) transiting the Bosphorus northbound towards BlackSea

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 8, 2016) Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) transits out Naval Station Mayport after a maintenance period. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Schumaker/Released)

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DILI, Timor Leste (June 8, 2016) An MH-60S helicopter assigned to the Blackjacks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 lifts supplies off the flight deck of hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2016, Mercy is on its first stop of the 2016 mission. Pacific Partnership has a longstanding history with Timor Leste, having first visited in 2006, and four subsequent times since. Medical, engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy will work side-by-side with partner nation counterparts, exchanging ideas, building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Cousins/Released)

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SUBIC BAY, Philippines (June 8, 2016) Naval Aircrewman (Operator) 2nd Class Derek Dymer, right, and Lt. Matt Hutson communicate with Armed Forces of the Philippines aircraft aboard a P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol craft during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Philippines 2016. CARAT is a series of annual maritime exercises between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations to include Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Fulton/Released)

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 8, 2016) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the "Sea Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, transfers cargo from dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) to aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a vertical replenishment. Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin R. Pacheco/Released)

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WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (June 8, 2016) Capt. Brett Crozier, executive officer of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), watches as an MK 38 chain gun is remotely fired on the XO's sponson. This is one of four MK 38 mounts on Ronald Reagan. The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jamaal Liddell/Released)

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DILI, Timor Leste (June 8, 2016) Crew members assigned to the Blackjacks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 move an MH-60S helicopter into the hangar aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2016. Pacific Partnership has a long-standing history with Timor Leste, having first visited in 2006, and four subsequent times since. Medical, engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy will work side-by-side with partner nation counterparts, exchanging ideas, building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Elizabeth Merriam/Released)

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BAHRAIN (June 3, 2016) Mineman 3rd Class Collin Harvey, assigned to the USS Sentry (MCM 3), simulates defending the ship from attacking rigid-hull inflatable boats as part of an exercises with HMS Middleton (M34) and USCGC Maui (1304) during Poseidon Assurance 2016. Poseidon Assurance is an annual surface exercise with U.S. Navy and United Kingdom forces designed to assure mine countermeasures operational effectiveness and tactical proficiency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trevor Andersen/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 05, 2016) Sailors assigned to the Swamp Foxes of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 74, clean a MH-60R Sea Hawk on board the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94). Nitze is part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (Ike CSG)'s deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. The Ike CSG includes USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 26 and ships USS San Jacinto (CG 56), USS Monterey (CG 61), USS Stout (DDG 55), USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), USS Mason (DDG 87) and Nitze. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Casey J. Hopkins/Released)

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SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 4, 2016) USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) receives cargo from the fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) during an underway replenishment-at-sea. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, John C. Stennis is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andre T. Richard/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 7, 2016) USS Carl Vinson's (CVN70) Air department V-2 division Sailors perform maintenance on a catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The ship is underway conducting command assessment of readiness and training (CART) II off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Castellano/Released)

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Two F-A-18E Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of USS HARRY S TRUMAN in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

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US, India and Japan kick off Malabar 2016

Naval ships, aircraft and personnel from India, Japan and the United States started the annual exercise Malabar 2016, June 9 in Sasebo, Japan.

The harbour phase will be taking place in Sasebo until June 13 and the sea phase will have participants conducting drills in the Philippine Sea from June 14 to 17.

Participants from the U.S. Navy include Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis with embarked Carrier Air Wing 9, guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay and guided-missile destroyers USS Stockdale, USS William P. Lawrence and USS Chung-Hoon; a P-8A Poseidon aircraft; and a Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine.

Indian Navy ships taking part in the drill are the indigenously built guided missile frigates INS Sahyadri and INS Satpura, INS Shakti, a modern fleet tanker and support ship and INS Kirch, a guided missile corvette.

The JMSDF will be represented by JS Hyuga, a helicopter carrier with SH 60 K integral helicopters and Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft, and other warships deployed for specific parts of the exercise.

The exercise will feature both ashore and at-sea training. While ashore in Sasebo, training will include subject matter expert and professional exchanges on carrier strike group operations, maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare, medical operations, damage control, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), helicopter operations, and visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operations.

The at-sea portions of the exercise will be conducted in the Philippine Sea and include submarine familiarization, high-value unit defense, air defense exercises, medical evacuation drills, surface warfare exercises, communications exercises, search and rescue exercises, helicopter cross-deck evolutions, underway replenishments, gunnery exercises, VBSS exercises, and anti-submarine warfare.

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