PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 23, 2009) Lt. David Gardner, from New England, N.D., gives an aircraft the signal to launch during night flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 27, 2009) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits to its anchoring point in Sasebo Ko, Japan. Stennis, as part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, is in Sasebo for a scheduled port visit during a six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2009) Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Alex Davies, from Vladivostok, Russia, holds a container for debris found on the flight deck during a foreign object debris walk down on aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Raymond Calloway, from Sherman, Texas, directs an F/A-18C Hornet from the "Blue Diamonds" of Strike Fight Squadron (VFA) 146 during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 23, 2009) Storekeeper 3rd Class Calvin Wright, from Houston, Texas, waits to move supplies with a fork lift in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS San Jose (T-AFS 7). John C. Stennis is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 23, 2009) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) perform hellfire release and control checks on an MH-60S Sea Hawk from the "Eightballer" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8 in the ship's hangar bay. John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2009) Sailors from the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 conduct preflight checks on an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 9, 2009) Machinist's Mate 2nd Class John Brechwald, from San Jose, Calif., performs bench dips with two 45 lb weights while Machinist's Mate 2nd Class David Cook, from Lewiston, Idaho, spots for him during a workout in the ship's gym aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 10, 2009) An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Raptors" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71 embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) hovers while deploying its sonar dipping buoy during an undersea warfare exercise involving the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 15, 2009) An MH-60S Sea Hawk from the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), flies plane guard during sunset flight operations. John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Denny Cantrell.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 15, 2009) An F/A-18C Hornet from the "Death Rattlers" of Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 323 prepares for an arrested landing on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Denny Cantrell.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 16, 2009) Religious Program Specialist Pablo Monroy, from Pasco, Wash., holds an American flag during a burial-at-sea service on aircraft elevator four aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jon Husman.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 12, 2009) U.S. and Japanese ships transit in formation with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), left, after a successful undersea warfare exercise involving the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and other naval vessels operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. John C. Stennis is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman.)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 12, 2009) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits in formation after a successful undersea warfare exercise involving the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and other naval vessels operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. John C. Stennis is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jon Husman.)
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I was lucky enough to be invited on the USS Stennis about two months ago and it entirely changed my view on the military and what life is actually like in the military. Case in point, your picture of the crew in fire suits. I learned that the time spent on the ship was more about training the constant influx of new sailors on the basic duties of the ship, like how to respond to a fire in an emergency. I always had this vision in my head that it would be about war, but for the most part it was about keeping the operations running. Fascinating stuff.
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