Today's US Navy Photos & Videos

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 10, 2015) The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) fires a Phalanx Close-in Weapons System (CWIS) during a live-fire exercise. Stethem is on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operation in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin V. Cunningham/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 10, 2015) A Standard Missile 2 is fired from the forward missile deck aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110). Sailors from the John C. Stennis Strike Group are participating in a sustainment training exercise (SUSTEX) to prepare for future deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Personnel Specialist 3rd Class Alexis Tincoff/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 10, 2015) Capt. Brian J. Quin, commanding officer of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), launches an AV-8B Harrier from the "Greyhawks" of Marine Medium-lift Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 (Reinforced). Essex is the flagship of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU), is currently operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Huey D. Younger Jr./Released)

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RED SEA (Nov. 7, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. Steve Johnson, the ship's maintenance officer, serves food to the crew as part of a food service attendant (FSA) relief event where officers served food in place of the FSA personnel in the galley aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (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 Chief Mass Communication Specialist Molly A. Burgess/Released)

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PEARL HARBOR (Nov. 11, 2015) An American flag is flown on the USS Missouri during a Veterans Day sunset service aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Nov. 11, 2015, Pearl Harbor. Veterans, along with friends and family members, gathered with service members from all branches of the military to honor those that have served. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Maximiliano Rosas/Released)

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PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 15, 2015) The U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the Philippine Sea. Ronald Reagan and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke/Released)

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PEARL HARBOR (Nov. 15, 2015) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) man the rails as the ship passes the USS Missouri (BB 63) while entering Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Theodore Roosevelt is operating in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations as part of a worldwide deployment en route to its new homeport in San Diego to complete a three-carrier homeport shift. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad M. Trudeau/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 15, 2015) An AV-8B Harrier, from the "Greyhawks" of Marine Medium-lift Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 (Reinforced), lands backwards on the flight deck of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is the flagship of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU), is currently operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Huey D. Younger Jr./Released)

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PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 14, 2015) Cmdr. David Waidelich, prospective commanding officer of the "Liberty Bells" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 115, performs a pre-flight check on an E-2C Hawkeye on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) prior to taking command of VAW-115 during a change of command ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke/Released)

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CHINHAE (Nov. 13, 2015) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, exit a MH-53 Pave Low operated by Helmineron (HM) 14 with Republic of Korea UDT/SEALs while conducting Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique (HRST) operations during Exercise Clear Horizon on Commander Fleet Activities Chinhae. Exercise Clear Horizon is an annual bilateral exercise between the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies that focus on increasing capabilities and coordination between ships, and aircraft in mine countermeasures in international waters surrounding the Korean peninsula. EODMU5 is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75, the primary expeditionary task force responsible for the planning and execution of coastal riverine operations, explosive ordnance disposal, diving engineering and construction, and underwater construction in the U.S. 7th fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Rolston/Released)

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CHINHAE, Republic of Korea (Nov. 12, 2015) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class Corey Barker, right, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Seaman John Dirks, both assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, perform water entries during Exercise Clear Horizon on Commander Fleet Activities Chinhae. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Rolston/ RELEASED)

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WATERS NEAR OKINAWA (Nov. 10, 2015) Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 Platoon 522 embarked aboard the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan prepare to board an MH-60S Seahawk, from the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 on the flight deck of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116). Ronald Reagan and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke/Released)

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SOUTH CHINA SEA (Nov. 12, 2015) Chief Gunner's Mate Daniel Bieber and Fire Controlman 2nd Class Nicholas Darnell hook a pallet to a MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM 35), aboard USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) during a vertical replenishment with Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4). Currently on a 16-month rotational deployment in support of the Asia-Pacific Rebalance, Fort Worth is a fast and agile warship tailor-made to patrol the region's littorals and work hull-to-hull with partner navies, providing 7th Fleet with the flexible capabilities it needs now and in the future. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Antonio Turretto Ramos/Released)

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NORFOLK (Nov. 16, 2015) The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs Naval Station Norfolk. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deploying in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. With Harry S. Truman as the flagship, strike group assets include the embarked squadrons of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 28 and ships USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), USS Gravely (DDG 107), and USS Gonzalez (DDG 66). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Magen Reed/Released)

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Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician

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FORBIN said:

Especially for CVN it is they who may inspect the hull not only for explosives ofc, a team aboard ?

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NORFOLK
The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman was leaving Monday for what’s expected to be a seven-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.

The Truman is replacing the carrier Theodore Roosevelt, which left the region several weeks ago, leaving no U.S. carrier in the Middle East for the first time in nearly a decade. The Roosevelt arrived at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Sunday, marking its arrival back on American soil, according to the

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Also departing from Norfolk Naval Station on Monday as part of the Truman carrier strike group: The guided missile cruiser Anzio and guided missile destroyers Bulkeley, Gravely and Gonzalez.

The guided missile destroyer Ramage also will leave Norfolk on Monday on an independent eight-month deployment in support of ballistic missile defense in the Persian Gulf.

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Trust me on this.. an SSN deployed with Truman's Strike Group.

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I'm now suddenly unable to quote other post...

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