Photos United States Navy

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210327-N-FC670-3071 by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr

INYOKSERN, Calif. (Mar. 27, 2021) A Navy CMV-22B Osprey from the "Titans" of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 fuels a MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, stationed in San Diego. The CMV-22B is the U.S. Navy version of the Osprey, a multi-engine, dual-piloted, self-deployable, medium lift, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) tilt-rotor aircraft. The Air Delivered Ground Refueling (ADGR) evolution was a first for HSC 4, en route to Naval Air Station Fallon. Air Wing Fallon is part of the predeployment training cycle for Navy's carrier air wings. HSC-4, along with VFA-2, VFA-192, VFA-113, VFA-147, VAQ-136, VAW-113, and HSM-78 comprise CVW-2 and are detached to NAS Fallon in order to sharpen their warfighting readiness through a rigorous 5-week curriculum. The training conducted during Air Wing Fallon drives air wing integration and ensures that all CVW-2 squadrons are ready to conduct the full range of military operations when they deploy later this year. HSC 4 provides vertical lift search and rescue, logistics, anti-surface warfare, special operations forces support, and combat search and rescue capabilities. (U.S. Navy photos by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe/Released)

210327-N-FC670-4981 by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr

210327-N-FC670-5541 by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr

210327-N-FC670-5111 by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr

 

[BravoZulu]

USS Portland (LPD 27) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock coming into San Diego with USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) lined up behind her - April 1, 2021

USS Pinckney (DDG 91) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer leaving San Diego - April 1, 2021

USS Essex (LHD 2) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship coming into San Diego - April 1, 2021

 

[bdpopeye]

For full captions and hi-res click the links in the pix!

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter conducts high-altitude landing training in Inyokern, Calif. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Sailors perform maintenance on aircraft aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Providence (SSN 719) returns to Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) replenishes from the Royal Australian Navy fleet replenishment ship HMAS Sirius (O 266). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Mitscher (DDG 57) transits the Mediterranean Sea. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

NMCB-4 prepares for beach defenses with 3rd Marines. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) conducts flight operations. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

 

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USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser leaving San Diego - April 2, 2021

USS Kidd (DDG 100) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer coming into San Diego - April 2, 2021

USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship coming into San Diego - April 2, 2021

USS Sampson (DDG 102) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer coming into San Diego - April 2, 2021

USS John Finn (DDG 113) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer coming into San Diego after 4-month deployment - April 2, 2021

USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) Independence-variant littoral combat ship in San Diego heading back to the pier - April 1, 2021

 

[BravoZulu]

USS Stout (DDG 55) Arleigh Burke-class Flight I guided missile destroyer coming into Norfolk, Virginia - April 3, 2021

USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler coming into Norfolk, Virginia - April 3, 2021

 

[santana]

USS Kidd (DDG 100) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer coming into San Diego - April 2, 2021

Displaying the Cross Bonds and the Skull in the US Navy means something ???

 

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USS Kidd (DDG 100) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer coming into San Diego - April 2, 2021

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Displaying the Cross Bonds and the Skull in the US Navy means something ???

In the case of USS Kidd, it's a play on the infamous pirate Captain Kidd. USS Kidd is not named for him but it's not a long stretch to use a pirate flag for the ship. Usually flown during RAS's but hey, it's good for morale

 

[bdpopeye]

Click the PIX for full captions....

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) shifts colors in San Diego by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technician trains with the Royal Bahrain Naval Force during exercise Neon Defender 21 in the Arabian Gulf. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group transit the South China Sea. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

An F/A-18F Super Hornet takes off from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Gulf of Aden. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Marines practice an en route care exercise on an airborne MV-22B Osprey over the Atlantic Ocean. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

MSRON-8 patrols near USS Laboon (DDG 58) during COVID-19 vaccine administration. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

 

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69),IKE, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) in the Arabian Sea. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Wichita (LCS 13) and Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard patrol vessel HMJS Cornwall sail in formation during a live-fire exercise. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) personnel are tested for COVID-19 at Royal Australian Air Force Base, Darwin. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the "Wildcats" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131, prepares to launch from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) launches a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

An MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter assigned to the “Longhorns” of Helicopter Search and Rescue (SAR) Squadron, practices pinnacle landings and extractions during a mountain flying SAR training event. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Illinois (SSN 786) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

 

[downsizer]

^^^^IYAOAS.....

 

[bdpopeye]

^^^^IYAOYAS.....

Oh hell yes!! In case any of you land lubbers did not know..

IYAOYS..If You Ain't Ordnance You Ain't Sh!t!..I was an ordie for 11 of my 20 years of USN service....

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[FLYNAVY]

Bonhomme Richard decomm ceremony

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/14/vi...omme-richard-in-san-diego-waterfront-ceremony

Interesting CO speech at the decomm ceremony for USS Bonhomme Richard today. Anybody else hear it? Sounded to me like the aviator CO blamed the previous CO for siloed departments when he took command, tooted his own horn for all his achievements including DC training for the crew, and then took no accountability whatsoever for his failure and loss of a capital ship. I liked when he credited the sailors for going into the blaze repeatedly to fight the ship, but what a tone deaf speech overall. Even spent some time sucking up by quoting the TYCO.

I hope big navy takes some time to think about why aviators are given surface commands at all. And I don’t want to hear “they have to prepare for CVN command.” They shouldn’t command those either. Why did SWOs — who came up as JOs serving on ships with all the prerequisite DC and Navigation knowledge that comes with that — give up their command of the premier flagships in our surface fleet to begin with?

In another time losing a capital ship at the pier would have required seppuku. Instead we got the self-aggrandizing speech we heard today. Call me cynical, but I heard no shame today. No acknowledgement of responsibility or accountability.

 

[Chazman]

Bonhomme Richard decomm ceremony

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/14/vi...omme-richard-in-san-diego-waterfront-ceremony

Interesting CO speech at the decomm ceremony for USS Bonhomme Richard today. Anybody else hear it? Sounded to me like the aviator CO blamed the previous CO for siloed departments when he took command, tooted his own horn for all his achievements including DC training for the crew, and then took no accountability whatsoever for his failure and loss of a capital ship. I liked when he credited the sailors for going into the blaze repeatedly to fight the ship, but what a tone deaf speech overall. Even spent some time sucking up by quoting the TYCO.

I hope big navy takes some time to think about why aviators are given surface commands at all. And I don’t want to hear “they have to prepare for CVN command.” They shouldn’t command those either. Why did SWOs — who came up as JOs serving on ships with all the prerequisite DC and Navigation knowledge that comes with that — give up their command of the premier flagships in our surface fleet to begin with?

In another time losing a capital ship at the pier would have required seppuku. Instead we got the self-aggrandizing speech we heard today. Call me cynical, but I heard no shame today. No acknowledgement of responsibility or accountability.

You know, this isn't the old USN which churned out leaders and warfighters by the bushelful . This is the new woketopian Navy, with emphasis transgender sensitivity and whether you quoted the US Constitution on your FB page or have ever worn a MAGA hat. That's what matters now you know. Not silly leadership concepts. Also, these flag officers are more concerned with a cushy seat on the Board of some defense company after retirement than doing the right thing in defense of the United States.

Who ever is responsible here lost a capital ship in port. Re-read that and let it sink in. People should be court martialed - and I'm talking the actual "leaders".

Also, even if BHR could be repaired for free, there isn't the shipyard capacity to do it, without taking new construction off line.

A clusterfvck all around.

And lots of people still think this fire was set intentionally.

 

[downsizer]

Oh hell yes!! In case any of you land lubbers did not know..

IYAOYS..If You Ain't Ordnance You Ain't Sh!t!..I was an ordie for 11 of my 20 years of USN service....

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Best job going.....though it's better in the Air Force....

 

[Chazman]

Sad, BHR being towed to the scrapyard.

 

[bdpopeye]

Search and rescue swimmers train in Gaeta, Italy. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Barry (DDG 52) replenishes from USNS Pecos (T-AO 197). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Ensign Dennis Didechkin stands watch aboard USS Barry (DDG 52). by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

NMCB-4 places concrete for a mooring bollard at Tinian Harbor. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

An E/A-18G Growler attached to the "Zappers" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Arabian Sea by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain for homeport shift to NAVSTA Rota from Naval Station Norfolk. by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

Sailors assigned to USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) look on as an AV-8B Harrier jet lands on the ship's flight deck, April 13, 2021. by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

 

[Chazman]

Sad, BHR being towed to the scrapyard.

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Wild, unsubstantiated rumor I heard today, that Turkey is interested in buying and rebuilding it.

 

[santana]

Wild, unsubstantiated rumor I heard today, that Turkey is interested in buying and rebuilding it.

What are your sources? it will be a better destination

 

[Chazman]

What are your sources? it will be a better destination

Someone mentioned it on USNI.

 

[santana]

Someone mentioned it on USNI.

Ok thanks