GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 25, 2018) Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Victoria Holt(Far Right) motivates recruits at Freedom Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC). About 38,000 to 40,000 recruits graduate annually from the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Camilo Fernan/Released)
GREAT LAKES, Illinois (July 24, 2018) Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 2nd Class Nicole Oviedo, assigned to the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, performs stretching maneuvers with the recruits of the squadron’s sponsored boot camp division at Recruit Training Command (RTC). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Schumaker/Released)
GREAT LAKES, Illinois (July 24, 2018) Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 2nd Class Nicole Oviedo, assigned to the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, mentors the recruits of the squadron’s sponsored boot camp division at Recruit Training Command (RTC). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Schumaker/Released)
GREAT LAKES, Illinois (July 24, 2018) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Sabrina Mayo, a native of El Paso, Texas, provides intensive training to one of her division’s recruits at Recruit Training Command (RTC). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Schumaker/Released)
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 24, 2018) Naval ROTC midshipman candidates practice handling training M9 Beretta 9mm pistols in the USS Missouri Small Arms Marksmanship Trainer at Recruit Training Command (RTC). More than 65 young men and women entering their freshman year of the NROTC program participated in a two-week pilot program designed to provide standardized entry-level militarization and prepare midshipmen with a common training orientation. The Indoctrination Cruise serves as a standard training launch point for the future naval and Marine Corps officers, and for the development of their character and professional competence. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 24, 2018) Quartermaster 1st Class Mikayla Lovette acts as lee helmsman aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) during a replenishment-at-sea with Royal Canadian Navy supply ship MV Asterix during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 24. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Ethan T. Miller/Released)
ARABIAN GULF (July 31, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Marci Seymore stands watch as flight quarters corpsman aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68). (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Daphne White/Released)
At Sea (24 July, 2018) Damage Controlman 2nd Class Warren Daigger, right, takes down information from Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Tihitna Gebreselasse while conducting a general quarters drill aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88), July 24. Preble is conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Ethan T. Miller/Released)
Congratulations to 748 of the newest and sharpest Sailors in the U.S. Navy who graduated from boot camp July 27, at Recruit Training Command. About 38,000 to 40,000 recruits graduate annually from the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Spencer Fling/Released)
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 18, 2018) Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Casey Ginley, a water survival instructor at Recruit Training Command (RTC), instructs recruits on emergency saftey procedures before a 3rd class swim qualification at the USS Indianapolis pool. Recruits are required to pass the qualification in order to graduate from boot camp, which includes a 10-foot platform jump, 50 meter swim and a five-minute prone float. Approximately 38,000-40,000 recruits graduate annually from RTC. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Spencer Fling/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 6, 2018) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Joley Vessel cleans the flight deck gutters aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), Aug. 6, 2018. Iwo Jima is deployed with its amphibious ready group in support of maritime security operations and theatre security cooperation efforts in Europe and the Middle East. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dominick A. Cremeans/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 6, 2018) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Alison Kexel washes the flight deck aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), Aug. 6, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dominick A. Cremeans/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (August 7, 2018) Lt. j.g. Kimberly King and her father, Bob, pose for a photo in lower vehicle storage aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), August 7, 2018.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Travis Baley/Released)
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Gladys Hofferber, assigned to the 357th Military Police Company, from Concord, California, notices a grasshopper land on her shoulder between training events located on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 9, 2018. U.S. Army Reserve MPs were on McCoy, honing basic soldiering and MP specific skills such as detention operations and combat support during Operation Blue Shield. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Jesse Untalan)
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (Aug.2, 2018). the Admin and Intel team poses for a group photo during volleyball for the Captain’s Cup aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), prepares to shoot. The George Washington is undergoing refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipyard. RCOH is a nearly four-year project performed only once during a carrier’s 50-year service life that includes refueling of the ship’s two nuclear reactors, as well as significant repair, upgrades and modernization. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kyle Loree)
U.S. Army Reserve Pvt. Jenny Perez of the 302nd Military Police Company, Grand Prairie, Texas, gets ready to low crawl during training on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 8, 2018.(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Jesse Untalan)
Tech. Sgt. Whitney Scholtes, a base services specialist with the 155th Force Support Squadron, counts money after serving breakfast to the 155th Security Forces Squadron Aug. 7, 2018, at the Army National Guard's Greenlief Training Site near Hastings, Nebraska.
(U.S. Air Force photo taken by Senior Airman Jamie Titus/ Released)
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Casey Atanasio, center, a patient travel coordinator assigned to the 6th Medical Support Squadron, learns proper distance and form for baton strikes at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., July 25, 2018. Atanasio participated in a weeklong 6th Security Forces augmentee class that trains Airmen in various career fields on security procedures in case of an emergency or contingency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Scott Warner)
A U.S. Army Soldier wraps a python around her neck prior to preparing it for cooking at the survival portion of Jungle Warfare School, Achiase Military Base, Akim Achiase, Ghana, August 3, 2018.(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Stefan)
Airman 1st Class Makiah Green, 309th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, attaches guidance fins onto an inert air-to-air missile during the 2018 1st Quarter Load Crew Competition at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., April 6. Green and other members of her three-person team divided responsibilities and used high-stress communication techniques to load an aircraft with weapons as quickly and as safely as they could. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)
FORT HOOD, Texas –May 01, 2018 - The most recent graduates of Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center’s Operation Room Specialist (68D) course proudly show off the Army Medical Department regimental crest awarded to them as part of their graduation ceremony at the MEDCEN May 1. Pvts. Dora Reyna (left), Jordan Ritman, Adria Robinson and Summer Rodriguez completed the 19-week Phase II training program and will be assigned to operating rooms at different medical treatment facilities. The 68D course is one of seven Phase II AIT training programs CRDAMC hosts. (U.S. Army photo by Patricia Deal, CRDAMC Public Affairs)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (July 30, 2018) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Regine Garcia, from Olongapo City, Republic of the Philippines, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) air department, receives her certificate of appointment to the rank of petty officer second class from Capt. Richard McCormack, Ford’s commanding officer. Garcia was promoted following her selection for the Meritorious Advancement Program. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cat Campbell) (This image has been altered by blurring out badges for security purposes)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (July 30, 2018) Electrician's Mate (Nuclear) 2nd Class Inaaji Yazzie-Brown, from Fort Benning, Georgia, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) reactor department, receives her certificate of appointment to the rank of petty officer second class from Capt. Richard McCormack, Ford’s commanding officer. Yazzie-Brown was promoted following her selection for the Meritorious Advancement Program. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cat Campbell) (This image has been altered by blurring out badges for security purposes)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (July 30, 2018) Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Nelson, from Madison, Alabama, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) training department, receives her certificate of appointment to the rank of petty officer second class from Capt. Richard McCormack, Ford’s commanding officer. Nelson was promoted following her selection for the Meritorious Advancement Program. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cat Campbell) (This image has been altered by blurring out badges for security purposes)
The newly commissioned 2nd lieutenants and cadre of the Georgia Military Institute’s Officer Candidate School Class 57 and Summer Accelerated Class 62 following their commissioning ceremony for OCS Class 57 at the Clay National Guard Center, Marietta, Ga
Sgt. Savannah Krekelberg, assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, navigates the trench wire obstacle during day-one events of the 2018 U.S. Army Europe Best Warrior Competition August 13, 2018 at Grafenwoehr, Germany.
