THE TENSION: Photo Essay: Aboard USS Chung-Hoon

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Dec. 7, 2008) The Pearl Harbor-based guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) performs a pass in review during a joint U.S. Navy/National Park Service ceremony commemorating the 67th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The prayer ceremony followed a joint U.S. Navy/National Park Service ceremony commemorating the 67th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The theme of this year's historic commemoration, "Pacific War Memories: The Heroic Response to Pearl Harbor," emphasizes the brave efforts of those who fought at sea, on land, and in the air, to turn the tide in the Pacific. More than 2,000 distinguished guests and the general public joined service members, Pearl Harbor survivors and their families and friends for the annual observance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jay C. Pugh.)

PEARL HARBOR (Jan. 20, 2009) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) man the rails as the ship departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert A. Stirrup.)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 15, 2008) The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) steams alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) during an underway replenishment. The Boxer crew is on a training deployment in the Pacific Ocean preparing for a deployment scheduled for 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen.)

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (March 26, 2008) Visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) team members assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), breach a door during non-compliant boarding training aboard the decommissioned amphibious transporting dock ship USS Duluth (LPD 6). The training served as an opportunity to evaluate the ship's ability to conduct boarding procedures and tactics in preparation for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl.)