NORFOLK (April 11, 2018) Sailors hoist the national ensign aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during the ship's departure from homeport. Harry S. Truman is underway as the flagship for the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group which includes; guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60), and guided-missile destroyers USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), USS Bulkeley (DDG-84), USS Farragut (DDG-99), USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98), USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) for a regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Rebekah A. Watkins/Released)
NORFOLK (April 11, 2018) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60) gets underway for deployment as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs Naval Station Norfolk as part of Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. With CVN 75 as the flagship, deploying strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group EIGHT (CSG 8), Destroyer Squadron TWO EIGHT (DESRON 28) and Carrier Air Wing ONE (CVW-1); as well as Sachsen-class German frigate FGS Hessen (F 221). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Colbey Livingston/Released)
MANILA, Republic of the Philippines (April 11, 2018) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) anchors off the coast of Manila, Republic of the Philippines, for a scheduled port visit. Theodore Roosevelt is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alex Perlman/Released)
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 9, 2018) Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Nehemie Pierre, left, and Culinary Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jared Wright prepare a meal in the galley of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58). Laboon, homeported in Naval Station Norfolk, is in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kallysta Castillo/Released)
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 9, 2018) Engineman Fireman Nathan Bradley, left, and Machinists Mate 2nd Class John Tadeo repair a compress melt unit aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58). Laboon, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, is in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kallysta Castillo/Released)