Today's US Navy Photos & Videos

PHILIPPINE SEA (March 23, 2020) Sailors inspect F/A-18E Super Hornets, assigned to the “Blue Diamonds” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) March 23, 2020. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Wheeler)



PHILIPPINE SEA (March 23, 2020) Sailors inspect an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Eightballers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) March 23, 2020. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Wheeler)

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SIGONELLA, Sicily (March 20, 2020) Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 4, pose for a photo prior to an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. All crew positions on the aircraft were occupied by female aviators in homage to women’s history month. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juan Sua/Released)

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SIGONELLA, Sicily (March 20, 2020) Lt. Caitlyn Jensen, a pilot and patrol plane commander assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 4, performs a pre-flight walk around inspection of a P-8A Poseidon aircraft alongside Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Amber Mckenzie before an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juan Sua/Released)

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SIGONELLA, Sicily (March 20, 2020) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Ouachita Tervil, assigned to the “Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4, conducts a post flight inspection of a squadron P-8A Poseidon Aircraft following an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. VP-4 is currently forward deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations and is assigned to Commander, Task Force 67, responsible for tactical control of deployed maritime patrol and reconnaissance squadrons throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juan Sua/Released)

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SIGONELLA, Sicily (March 20, 2020) Naval Aircrewman (Operator) 2nd Class Meghan Cooke, assigned to the “Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4, conducts flight operations aboard a squadron P-8A Poseidon aircraft during an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juan Sua/Released)

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SIGONELLA, Sicily (March 20, 2020) Lt. Kari McLerran, left, and Lt. Jillian Lewis, both pilots assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 4, navigate a squadron P-8A Poseidon aircraft during an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juan Sua/Released)

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LOS ANGELES (March 27, 2020) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 20) arrives in Los Angeles, Calif., March 27, 2020). Mercy deployed in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. One of the Department of Defense's missions is Defense Support of Civil Authorities. DoD is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, as well as state, local and public health authorities in helping protect the health and safety of the American people.


PORT OF LOS ANGELES (March 27, 2020) Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Ashlee McCasland, from St. Petersburg, Fla., stands a security watch from the flight deck as the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) pulls into the Port of Los Angeles.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan M. Breeden)


LOS ANGELES (March 27, 2020) -- Rear Adm. John E. Gumbleton, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 3 gives remarks at a press conference in the Port of Los Angeles, March 27. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) deployed in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Mora Jr.)

USNS Comfort arrives in New York City...

Coast Guard assets, along with New York Police Department and New York Fire Department assets, provide a security escort for the USNS Comfort arrival into New York Harbor, March 30, 2020. Coast Guard Cutter Shrike, Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak, Maritime Safety and Security Team New York, and crews from Coast Guard Station New York and Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod conducted the escort as the Comfort arrived in New York City to assist in the COVID-19 response. (U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Q. Hightower)

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 26, 2020) An Air Force KC-135 aircraft assigned to the 100 th Air Refueling Wing, refuels a P-8A Poseidon aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 during an air-to-air refueling evolution over the Mediterranean Sea. VP-4 is forward deployed to the U.S. 6 th Fleet area of operations and is assigned to Commander, Task Force 67, responsible for tactical control of deployed maritime patrol and reconnaissance squadrons throughout Europe and Africa. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Air Force)

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 28, 2020) Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Recruit D’Ante Merard, assigned to the “Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4, services oil on the port engine of a P-8A Poseidon aircraft following a maritime domain awareness flight over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juan Sua/Released)

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 28, 2020) Sailors assigned to the “Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4, conduct flight operations aboard a squadron P-8A Poseidon aircraft during a maritime domain awareness mission over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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SIGONELLA, Italy (March 26, 2020) A P-8A Poseidon multi-mission aircraft takes off from Naval Air Station Sigonella for an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission over the Mediterranean Sea, March 26, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juan Sua/Released)

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 28, 2020) Lt. Stefan Knight, left, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 and the naval flight officer Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization (NATOPS) instructor, debriefs the aircrew following a ditching drill aboard a P-8A Poseidon aircraft on the transit to the base following a maritime domain awareness flight over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juan Sua/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 25, 2020) - Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Mark Arsenault, from Middleton, Massachusetts, conducts maintenance checks on a Mark 38 25mm chain gun during a live-fire gunnery exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), March 25, 2020. Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its seventh forward deployed naval force patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners as well as U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 25, 2020) - The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) fires its Phalanx close-in weapons system during a live-fire gunnery exercise, March 25, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 24, 2020) - Operations Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah Dozal, front, from Phoenix, fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a weapons qualification aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), March 24, 2020.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 24, 2020) - Fire Controlman (Aegis) 3rd Class Jose Garcia, from Kannapolis, North Carolina, fires a .50-claiber machine gun during a weapons qualification aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), March 24, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV/Released)

PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2020) Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) fuel an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Squadron (HSC) 25. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jomark A. Almazan)


PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2020) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 takes off on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6).(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jomark A. Almazan)


PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2020) An F-35B Lightning II assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) prepares to take off on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jomark A. Almazan)


PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2020) An MV-22B Osprey assigned to 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) takes off on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jomark A. Almazan)


PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2020) Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) move an CH-53E Super Stallion on the ship’s port aircraft elevator. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jomark A. Almazan)