MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 26, 2011) Engineman 3rd Class Audwin Pellom, from Leland, N.C., right, and Seaman Apprentice Maria Martinezmoreno, from New York, both assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), prepare to connect a cargo net pole to an SA-330J Puma helicopter during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5), not pictured. Whidbey Island is deployed as part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Martin Cuaron/Released)
ARABIAN GULF (May 20, 2011) Engineman 3rd Class Sisco Elekana, right, and Engineman Fireman Emmanuel Robinson refuel a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 during flight operations aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45). Comstock is underway supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac/Released)
SAN DIEGO (May 25, 2011) Sailors and civilians bow their heads as Capt. Robert McClanahan, chaplain at Naval Medical Center San Diego, reads the Benediction during the disestablishment ceremony for the Naval School of Health Sciences, San Diego. The school will relocate its medical programs to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and become part of the Tri-Service Medical Education and Training Campus as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure initiative. The consolidation of Navy, Army and Air Force medical enlisted training is the largest in Department of Defense history. The Tri-Service Medical Education and Training Campus will be the world's largest military medical education and training institution. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anastasia Puscian/Released)
NEW YORK (May 25, 2011) Marines and Sailors man the rails aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD) as the ship passes near the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) as it transits the New York Harbor during Fleet Week 2011 parade of ships. New York has 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers forged into her bow and is participating in the 24th annual Fleet Week New York. More than 3000 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen will participate in community events and military demonstrations throughout the city. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Randall A. Clinton/Released)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 25, 2011) Sailors aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) prepare to receive supplies from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5) during a replenishment at sea. Bataan is the command ship of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera/Released)
