Official U.S. Navy Imagery's photostream  

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 21, 2012) Quartermaster Seaman Rodger Weaver and Yeoman 3rd Class Randy Sarran hoist flags as U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departs Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cale Hatch/Released) 120221-N-ZZ999-286

ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 21, 2012) Sailors assigned to the air department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) relax and watch television in the yellow shirt locker after the flight deck was secured due to heavy winds. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman George M. Bell/Released) 120221-N-ZI635-025

ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 21, 2012) Sailors assigned to the air department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) relax and watch television in the yellow shirt locker after the flight deck was secured due to heavy winds. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman George M. Bell/Released) 120221-N-ZI635-004

GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 20, 2012) Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) heave a phone and distance line aboard the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199). Germantown, with embarked elements of the 31st MEU, is underway after participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2012, an annual Thai-U.S. co-sponsored joint and multinational exercise designed to advance security throughout the Asia-Pacific region and enhance interoperability with participating nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Johnie Hickmon/Released) 120220-N-WV964-272

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 18, 2012) Marines spend time on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as the ship makes its way to Sasebo, Japan. Bonhomme Richard will replace the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) as the forward deployed amphibious assault ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joe Kane/Released) 120218-N-ZC343-949