01/20/2015: Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Recruit Zerick Woodberry, from Los Angeles, clears dirt from a pad eye on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is seen completing a Docking Planned Incremental Availability maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate…
12/29/2014: In the first three photos, an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 lifts off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17,…
12/20/2014: An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from the Red Lions of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 15 prepares to pick up supplies from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) to distribute to the other ships in the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group. Carl Vinson…