Navy

221128-N-JL161-1004 WASHINGTON (Nov. 28, 2022) Chief Musician Darrell Partin’s family is recognized for their contributions to his career. The retirement ceremony commemorated Chief Partin’s service to the U.S. Navy Band. (U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Musician Renee DeBoer/Released)

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 27, 2022) Deaton Williams, a civilian mariner assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), secures the anchor brake as Comfort anchors off the coast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nov. 27, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juel Foster)

221126-N-EU502-1066 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 26, 2022) – Sailors perform a foreign object debris (FOD) walkdown prior to a firefighting training evolution in the hangar bay aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Nov. 26, 2022. Tripoli is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kaleb Shultz)

The crew of the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) man the rails as the ship returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Nov. 26, following the inaugural deployment with the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG). More than 4,600 Sailors assigned to Ford operated in U.S. 2nd Fleet and 6th Fleet, increasing interoperability and interchangeability with NATO Allies and partners. Throughout the deployment, the GRFCSG sailed more than 9,200 miles, completed more than 1,250 sorties, expended 78.3 tons of ordnance, completed 13 underway replenishments and hosted more than 400 distinguished visitors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nolan Pennington)

The crew of the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) man the rails as the ship returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Nov. 26, following the inaugural deployment with the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG). More than 4,600 Sailors assigned to Ford operated in U.S. 2nd Fleet and 6th Fleet, increasing interoperability and interchangeability with NATO Allies and partners. Throughout the deployment, the GRFCSG sailed more than 9,200 miles, completed more than 1,250 sorties, expended 78.3 tons of ordnance, completed 13 underway replenishments and hosted more than 400 distinguished visitors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class William Spears)

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87, departs the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) following the ship’s inaugural deployment, Nov. 25, 2022. More than 4,600 Sailors assigned to Ford operated in U.S. 2nd Fleet and 6th Fleet, increasing interoperability and interchangeability with NATO Allies and partners. Throughout the deployment, the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group sailed more than 9,200 miles, completed more than 1,250 sorties, expended 78.3 tons of ordnance, completed 13 underway replenishments and hosted more than 400 distinguished visitors. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Julie R. Matyascik)

221124-N-ZQ263-1084 BREMERTON, Wash. (Nov. 24, 2022) U.S. Navy Capt. Joshua Wenker, executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), serves the crew a Thanksgiving meal. Nimitz is currently in port conducting routine operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Lagadi)

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) share a Thanksgiving meal with friends and family aboard the Arlington, Nov. 24, 2022. Sailors, along with their family and friends, are welcomed aboard the ship for a Thanksgiving meal every year in order to provide everyone with a safe place to come together during the holiday. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino)

NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash. (Nov. 23, 2022) – U.S. Navy Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Rialyn Fabricante, from San Carlos, Philippines, spreads frosting on a cake aboard the barge assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in preparation for the ship’s Thanksgiving meal. Theodore Roosevelt is in a docking planned incremental availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility where the ship is receiving scheduled maintenance and upgrades. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eduardo A. Torres)