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  • 2
    May
    2013
    5:57pm, EDT

    Navy cruise unites families with sailors returning home

    After an eight-month deployment in the Persian Gulf, the USS John Stennis picked up the sailors' family and friends for a six-day cruise from Hawaii to San Diego. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.

    After an eight-month deployment, the USS John C. Stennis headed home from the Persian Gulf where it played a vital role providing air support to troops in Afghanistan.

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    But on its way back it had another mission -- to pick up family and friends in Hawaii so they could experience life aboard the Stennis.


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    Aaniya Dorrah tries on a fireman's suit on the John C. Stennis.

    Steven Louie/NBC News

    A "Tiger" wears a pilots helmet while getting a tutorial on the Navy's F-18 fighter jet.

    The "Tiger Cruise" is the Navy's special take on bringing your loved one to work. 

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    The Lemons family, Samantha, Michael, and Micheal Jr., watch the Navy's air power demonstration aboard the USS John C. Stennis.

    More than 1100 family members and friends gathered to join the crew for a six-day cruise. The 'Tigers' are any friend or family member of the sailor, with the exception of spouses or significant others, invited to experience life, and sailors' duties, out at sea.

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    A family of "Tigers" gathers on the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis before departing Pearl Harbor.

    Steven Louie/NBC News

    All the sights and sounds that accompany the sailors' work on board made memories that will last these families a lifetime. 

    Steven Louie/NBC News

    The American flag flies off the stern of the USS John C. Stennis in Pearl Harbor with the USS Arizona Memorial just behind.

    Steven Louie/NBC News

    An F-18 fighter jet sits atop the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis.

     

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    This makes me cry.....my brother and boyfriend are on that....only 2 more weeks till I get to see them...

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  • 8
    Dec
    2012
    10:20pm, EST

    Navy extends winning streak against Army

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Navy players and Midshipmen celebrate after they beat Army 17-13 on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

    The Associated Press reports -- Keenan Reynolds extended Navy's dominance against Army, scoring the winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter in a 17-13 victory in the 113th rivalry game Saturday.

    Navy (8-4) beat Army for the 11th straight time and won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy awarded to the team with the best record in games among the three service academies. Army and Navy each beat Air Force, putting the prestigious trophy up for grabs in the regular-season finale for the first time since 2005.

    Army (2-10) hasn't hoisted the CIC trophy since 1996.

    Read the full story.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Navy's Keenan Reynolds (19) is tackled by Army's Josh Jackson, bottom, as Army's Geoffery Bacon, left, and Navy's Noah Copeland (34) look on during the second half of the Army Navy football game on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

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    Midshipmen of the Naval Academy celebrate a touchdown during a game against the Army Black Knights on Dec. 8 at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

    Matt Slocum / AP

    Army Cadets cheer and hold an image of Army's coach Rich Ellerson during the first half of the Army Navy football game on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Navy Midshipmen march onto the field before the Army Navy football game on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

    Matt Rourke / AP

    Army Cadets march onto the field before the Army Navy football game on Dec. 8 in Philadelphia.

    Tim Shaffer / Reuters

    Vice President Joe Biden, second right, presents the Commander-in-Chief's trophy to U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Mike Miller, center, and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, left, at the conclusion of the Army versus Navy NCAA football game in Philadelphia on Dec. 8.

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    The caption of the 4th picture is incorrect. They are holding an image of Army coach Rich Ellerson, not Joe Biden

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  • 7
    Aug
    2012
    6:44pm, EDT

    Steve Helber / AP

    Couple embraces in Va.

    Lt. Michael Sturm, of Philadelphia, embraces his fiancé Susan Brooks as he arrives at Naval Station Norfolk aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in Norfolk, Va. on Aug. 7, 2012. The Lincoln will be ported in Norfolk for at least four years for upgrades.

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    I happy to see a happy mititary moment for a change instead of the normal anti-mititary comments. Remember our servicemen keep us safe and free and we should thank God for people like that that defend our country.

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  • 24
    Jul
    2012
    8:45am, EDT

    Australian sub torpedoes former US warship in live-fire exercise off Hawaii

    Australian Department Of Defence via EPA

    Former United States Navy ship Kilauea breaking apart and sinking following a torpedo attack from the Australian Collins Class submarine HMAS Farncomb, on the Pacific Missile Range Facility off Hawaii during the RIMPAC 2012 exercise. Photo made available to NBC News on July 24, 2012.

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    An Australian submarine sunk a former U.S. warship with a torpedo attack off Hawaii on Sunday as part of the world's largest international maritime exercise.

    HMAS Farncomb fired a Mark 48 Torpedo into the Kilauea's hull, striking the ship below the bridge. 

    The Kilauea was an ammunition ship commissioned in August 1968, decommissioned and transferred to MSC in October 1980 and deactivated in September 2008.

    The Associated Press reported earlier this month that the Navy was resuming its practice of using old warships for target practice and sinking them in U.S. coastal waters after a nearly two-year moratorium spurred by environmental and cost concerns.

    U.S. Navy

    The ex-USS Kilauea (T-AE-26) was sunk in waters 15,480 feet deep, 63 miles off the coast of Kauai.

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    22 comments

    Agreed about the waste. What did they learn? That in this day and age a submarine can torpedo a warship and put it 'down under.' ??

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  • 11
    Jul
    2012
    3:35pm, EDT

    Destroyer Laboon deploys from Norfolk, leaves families behind

    Sean Proctor / The Virginian-Pilot via AP

    Samantha Snyder, 19, holds onto Kim Hagerman, 20, as the guided-missile destroyer Laboon deploys on July 11 from the Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va. Hagerman is engaged to Seaman Apprentice Sean DeJuliis, Snyder's brother.

    Sean Proctor / The Virginian-Pilot via AP

    Petty Officer 1st Class Amy Woolston, right, hugs her 4-year-old son, Ian, as she prepares to board the guided-missile destroyer Laboon.

    Sean Proctor / The Virginian-Pilot via AP

    Kim Hagerman hugs Christina Snyder, the mother of her fiance, Seaman Apprentice Sean DeJuliis, during deployment for the guided-missile destroyer Laboon.

    The guided missile destroyer Laboon left Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. on Wednesday to join the U.S. 6th Fleet Area of Responsibility to participate in Ballistic Missile Defense operations.

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    4 comments

    i Salute one and all that risk their lives so i can live free.

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  • 9
    Jun
    2012
    10:53pm, EDT

    Lori Shepler / Reuters

    The USS Iowa makes her way through the main channel of the Port of Los Angeles to her permanent home, Berth 87, in San Pedro, Calif. on June 9, 2012. The battleship, which served the United States through victory and tragedy during six decades at sea, will dock at San Pedro to become a floating museum.

    USS Iowa makes final journey to become a floating museum in San Pedro, Calif.

    NBC Los Angeles.com reports:

    The length of three football fields and the height of 15-story building, the USS Iowa on Saturday began its reign as an impressive presence at the Port of Los Angeles. The decommissioned World War II-era battleship berthed at the port after a years-long struggle from supportes to get her to San Pedro.

    "There's nothing like giant guns, heavy armor and the ability to go so fast nobody can keep up with you," said Robert Kent of the Pacific Battleship Center. "This is the last battleship left in the world."

    From Fred Reed’s “Best of the last battleships” on the ussiowa.org website:

    The Iowa class were the last of the battleships and the best, the end of a naval world. Actually they didn't get much real work even in World War II, having been passed by technology, notably the aircraft carrier.

    Battlewagons of the older classes spent their days bombarding shores in support of the Marines, and the Iowa class ships did carrier escort duty. In practice, this meant they sprouted large numbers of 5-inch anti-aircraft guns and almost never fired their huge 16-inch main batteries.

    The Iowas are today perhaps the only ships in the fleet that look like warships. Modern ships are boxy so that they can hold electronics, their armament consists of hidden missiles. They aren't exactly pretty, but the Iowa is beautiful.

    265 comments

    Went to San Pedro and saw the Iowa.. very impressive. No one mentioned the fact that after the Beirut Marine base bombing in October 1983, the Iowa went to the Mediterranean. When Hamas was sending mortar shells to Israel from the Bekaa Valley, a new technology was employed for the first time. An AN …

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  • 4
    Jun
    2012
    3:37pm, EDT

    US Navy marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway

    Mark Wilson / Getty Images

    Navy personnel stand at attention during a ceremony and commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway at the U.S. Navy Memorial on June 4, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

    By Robert Hood

    U.S. naval forces had the initiative after the Battle of Midway. It really marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

    Jacquelyn Martin / AP

    WWII Battle of Midway veteran Henry Kudzik, 87, of Bethlehem, Pa., right, holds a photograph of a sinking destroyer, next to fellow veterans including Howard Snell, of Kingman, Ariz., during a Battle of Midway 70th Commemoration ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington on Monday.

    The Associated Press reports:

    Six months after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan sent four aircraft carriers to the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway to draw out and destroy what remained of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. But this time the U.S. knew about Japan's plans. U.S. cryptologists had cracked Japanese communications codes, giving Fleet Commander Adm. Chester Nimitz notice of where Japan would strike, the day and time of the attack, and what ships the enemy would bring to the fight.

    The U.S. was badly outnumbered and its pilots less experienced than Japan's. Even so, it sank four Japanese aircraft carriers the first day of the three-day battle and put Japan on the defensive, greatly diminishing its ability to project air power as it had in the attack on Hawaii.

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  • 29
    May
    2012
    6:10pm, EDT

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    Naval Academy class of 2012 celebrate graduation

    U.S. Naval Academy graduates throw their hats in the air during graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Naval Academy on May 29 in Annapolis, Md. U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta was the commencement speaker for the 1099 graduates of the class of 2012.

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    As a docent on the USS Missouri 63 I would likt to congratulate you all and I know your achievements will be far felt in the future. Aloha

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  • 23
    May
    2012
    12:18pm, EDT

    Tall ships sail up Hudson River for Fleet Week

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    Sailors aboard the tall ship from Indonesia "Dewaruci" sail past the Statue of Liberty May 23, in New York. The tall ship is participating in Fleet Week events in New York.

    Andrew Burton / Reuters

    Ships sail up the Hudson river during the start of Fleet Week in New York May 23.

    Don Emmert / AFP - Getty Images

    The tall ship from Ecuador, Guayas sails past Manhattan on May 23, in New York. The tall ship is participating in Fleet Week events.

    From NBC: Naval vessels ranging from a U.S. amphibious assault ship to a Finnish minelayer are participating in Fleet Week. The organization Operation Sail says 17 tall ships from around the world also will be in the city. The large vessels are rigged with traditional sails.    This year's event marks the bicentennial of the War of 1812.   For more on the Fleet Week activities click here.

     

     

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    Awesome sight!

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  • 22
    May
    2012
    4:30pm, EDT

    Plebes struggle to climb lard-covered monument in Annapolis, Maryland

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    Annapolis Naval Academy freshmen climb the Herndon Monument which is covered with lard on May 22 in Annapolis, Maryland.

    According to this Wikipedia article, the Herndon Monument on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy is a tall grey obelisk. It was erected in memory of Captain William Lewis Herndon who courageously decided to go down with his ship, SS Central America, and the men left aboard rather than save himself on September 12, 1857. All women and children and many of the men aboard were saved by a nearby ship during the storm.

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    Each year the freshman class, known as 'Plebes,' climb the monument at the Naval Academy to retrieve the Plebian Sailor's hat and replace it with an officer's hat. The tradition is one step in marking the end of wearing freshman headgear and moving up to headgear more like a U.S. Naval officer.

    Youtube video of plebes scaling Herndon

     

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  • 6
    Apr
    2012
    2:06pm, EDT

    Navy jet crashes into residential building in Virginia

    Kandice Angel / AP

    The burning fuselage of an F/A-18 Hornet lies smoldering after crashing into a residential building in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, April 6. Media reports indicate the two aviators were able to eject from the jet before it crashed. They were being treated for injuries that were not considered life threatening.

    Msnbc.com reports: An F/A-18 jet crashed Friday into a cluster of apartment buildings in Virginia Beach, Va., eyewitnesses and authorities said.

    WAVY TV / Reuters

    A Navy official told NBC News that both pilots had been taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. "They were ambulatory," the official told NBC.

    Chief Tim Riley of Virginia Beach Fire and Rescue said four to five buildings were on fire and that there was significant damage to about 20 apartments.

    WAVY TV / Reuters

    Cmdr. Phil Rosi of the Navy said the two-seat jet fighter crashed about 12:05 p.m. shortly after takeoff. He said both crew members ejected from the aircraft. Read more

    Msnbc's Andrea Mitchell reports of an F-18 fighter jet crashing in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Pentagon Department confirms both pilots ejected safely.

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  • 2
    Mar
    2012
    8:06pm, EST

    USS Stennis returns to its home port

    Elaine Thompson / AP

    Demi Hines kisses her husband airman Michael Hines on the return of the USS Stennis to Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton on March 2 in Bremerton, Wash. Airman Hines finished his first deployment aboard the ship.

    Families welcomed home their sailors Friday at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton in Bremerton, Wash. when the USS John C. Stennis returned to its home port.

    The Stennis completed a seven-month deployment in which the aircraft carrier launched the last Navy air mission over Iraq and more than 1,000 flights over Afghanistan.

    A spokeswoman, Lt. Cmdr. Cindy Fields, says the final Iraq flight on Dec. 18 was a surveillance mission in support of Iraqi forces as U.S. forces withdrew. The carrier unloaded its air wing earlier in the week at San Diego.

    -- The Associated Press

    Elaine Thompson / AP

    Richard Dell, of Altoona, Pa., wipes away joyful tears as he watches the return of the USS Stennis, with his daughter Chelsea Dell aboard on March 2 in Bremerton, Wash.

    Elaine Thompson / AP

    Sailor Thomas Crawford greets his 6-week-old son, Casey Crawford, for the first time after arriving to the Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton aboard the USS Stennis.

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