David
Fri December 20, 2002 4:58pm
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Sailors aboard the mine c
Sailors aboard the mine countermeasures ship prepare to lower the AN/SLQ-48 ?Mine Neutralization Vehicle? into the water. The remotely operated vehicle uses sonar and video cameras to find and identify underwater objects. If the operators find a mine, the vehicle can place small explosive charges near the mine to neutralize it. USS Champion is participating in ?Gulf of Mexico Exercise 02-2? near Corpus Christi, TX. During the exercise, USS Champion was tasked with searching for and clearing exercise ?mines? from critical waterways in the area. U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Marc Boyd.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 4:58pm
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Sailors aboard the mine c
Sailors aboard the mine countermeasures ship prepare to lower the AN/SLQ-48 ?Mine Neutralization Vehicle? into the water. The remotely operated vehicle uses sonar and video cameras to find and identify underwater objects. If the operators find a mine, the vehicle can place small explosive charges near the mine to neutralize it. USS Champion is participating in ?Gulf of Mexico Exercise 02-2? near Corpus Christi, TX. During the exercise, USS Champion was tasked with searching for and clearing exercise ?mines? from critical waterways in the area. U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Marc Boyd.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 5:17pm
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An Equipment Operator ass
An Equipment Operator assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 23 operates a front-loader while constructing the new Severe Off-Road Track demonstration course aboard the Quantico Marine Corps Base. U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Angus Hendrick.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 5:17pm
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Local children surround B
Local children surround Builder 2nd Class Adam Schinker attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Forty (NMCB-40) at the Pekora school in Dili, East Timor. NMCB-40 is participating in community relations projects following the post-election riots in the East Timor region. U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Kermit Spears.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 9:47pm
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Boatswain
Boatswain?s Mate 2nd Class Tanya Forbes prepares for the arrival of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) at Naval Support Activity, Bahrain. Petty Officer Forbes is a U.S. Naval Reservist recalled to active duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Junior Grade Mark Duehmig.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 10:15pm
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Attack Submarine USS Norf
Attack Submarine USS Norfolk (SSN 714) Mar. 31, 2002 -- Officer of the Deck, Lieutenant Junior Grade Randy Kouba, from Pisek, North Dakota, performs a visual inspection through the boats periscope of the surface area around the boat. USS Norfolk is currently deployed in support of the NATO-led operation Allied Force in Yugoslavia, and is capable of launching "Tomahawk" cruise missiles. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Renso Amariz.
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David
Fri December 20, 2002 10:15pm
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During an Arctic sunrise
During an Arctic sunrise on board the U.S. Navy?s attack submarine USS Pogy (SSN 647), Jay Simpkins (far left), a scientist with the Oregon State University, collects water samples, while Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Mark Cronley (foreground) stands watch as a safety observer on boats deck. The second of five planned deployments through the year 2000, Pogy embarked a team of researchers led by Mr. Ray Sambrotto of Columbia University. During the several thousand mile trek, the submarine collected data on the chemical, biological, and physical properties of the Arctic Ocean, and conducted experiments in geophysics, ice mechanics, pollution detection, and other areas. For the purposes of this voyage, a portion of the submarine?s torpedo room was converted into laboratory space. However at no time was the ship ever removed as a front-line warship. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer?s Mate Second Class Steven H. Vanderwerff
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David
Wed January 8, 2003 12:02am
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McDonnell F-4B Phantom
Unquestionably the leading role in the air war in Vietnam was played by the McDonnell F-4 Phantom, which was used by the US Navy and the US Marine Corps in the B and J versions, and by the USAF in different versions. The earliest arrivals in the Southeast Asia theater of operations were the F-4Bs of the VMFA-531, on April 11, 1965. They were followed by those of many other Marine squadrons, based on land, and by squadrons of the US Navy operating from aircraft carriers. It would be unfair to single out the exploits of any particular unit because such a list would fill the pages of a sizeable book and because all distinguished themselves both in the attack/bombing role and in their demonstration of aerial supremacy. During direct encounters with the enemy, F-4Bs and F-4Js shot down 55 MiGs, of which eighteen were MiG-21s, two MiG-19s and the rest MiG-17s. Even so, it is fitting to mention the name of the US Navy Commander Randall H. 'Duke' Cunningham, and of his radarman, Lieutenant William P. 'Willie' Driscoll, with one MiG-21 and four MiG-17s to their credit, and to point out that the squadron boasting the biggest number of enemy planes downed was the VF-96, with eight certain victims and two probables. From the moment they went into action until the last day of the war, the Navy and Marine Phantoms never let up, gaining a reputation that they were later to emulate in other parts of the world.
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David
Wed January 8, 2003 12:02am
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McDonnell F-4B Phantom
Unquestionably the leading role in the air war in Vietnam was played by the McDonnell F-4 Phantom, which was used by the US Navy and the US Marine Corps in the B and J versions, and by the USAF in different versions. The earliest arrivals in the Southeast Asia theater of operations were the F-4Bs of the VMFA-531, on April 11, 1965. They were followed by those of many other Marine squadrons, based on land, and by squadrons of the US Navy operating from aircraft carriers. It would be unfair to single out the exploits of any particular unit because such a list would fill the pages of a sizeable book and because all distinguished themselves both in the attack/bombing role and in their demonstration of aerial supremacy. During direct encounters with the enemy, F-4Bs and F-4Js shot down 55 MiGs, of which eighteen were MiG-21s, two MiG-19s and the rest MiG-17s. Even so, it is fitting to mention the name of the US Navy Commander Randall H. 'Duke' Cunningham, and of his radarman, Lieutenant William P. 'Willie' Driscoll, with one MiG-21 and four MiG-17s to their credit, and to point out that the squadron boasting the biggest number of enemy planes downed was the VF-96, with eight certain victims and two probables. From the moment they went into action until the last day of the war, the Navy and Marine Phantoms never let up, gaining a reputation that they were later to emulate in other parts of the world.
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David
Wed January 8, 2003 12:02am
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McDonnell F-4B Phantom
Unquestionably the leading role in the air war in Vietnam was played by the McDonnell F-4 Phantom, which was used by the US Navy and the US Marine Corps in the B and J versions, and by the USAF in different versions. The earliest arrivals in the Southeast Asia theater of operations were the F-4Bs of the VMFA-531, on April 11, 1965. They were followed by those of many other Marine squadrons, based on land, and by squadrons of the US Navy operating from aircraft carriers. It would be unfair to single out the exploits of any particular unit because such a list would fill the pages of a sizeable book and because all distinguished themselves both in the attack/bombing role and in their demonstration of aerial supremacy. During direct encounters with the enemy, F-4Bs and F-4Js shot down 55 MiGs, of which eighteen were MiG-21s, two MiG-19s and the rest MiG-17s. Even so, it is fitting to mention the name of the US Navy Commander Randall H. 'Duke' Cunningham, and of his radarman, Lieutenant William P. 'Willie' Driscoll, with one MiG-21 and four MiG-17s to their credit, and to point out that the squadron boasting the biggest number of enemy planes downed was the VF-96, with eight certain victims and two probables. From the moment they went into action until the last day of the war, the Navy and Marine Phantoms never let up, gaining a reputation that they were later to emulate in other parts of the world.
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David
Sat January 11, 2003 1:12am
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USS Maine Court of Inquir
USS Maine Court of Inquiry, 1898. Members of the Navy Court of Inquiry examining Ensign Wilfrid V. Powelson, on board the U.S. Light House Tender Mangrove, in Havana Harbor, Cuba, circa March 1898. Those seated around the table include (from left to right): Captain French E. Chadwick, Captain William T. Sampson, Lieutenant Commander William P. Potter, Ensign W.V. Powelson, Lieutenant Commander Adolph Marix.
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David
Thu February 13, 2003 12:13am
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O1 - Second Lieutenant
O1 - Second Lieutenant
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David
Thu February 13, 2003 12:13am
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O2 - First Lieutenant
O2 - First Lieutenant
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David
Thu February 13, 2003 12:13am
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O5 - Lieutenant Colonel
O5 - Lieutenant Colonel
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David
Thu February 13, 2003 12:13am
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O9 - Lieutenant General
O9 - Lieutenant General
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