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Navy parachute team the “Leap Frogs” perform at a pre-game show during Monday night football at Qualcomm Stadium. The Leap Frogs participated in the 20th annual Military Appreciation Day held by the San Diego Chargers. Other events included a joint-service color guard presentation, a performance by the Navy and Marine Corps bands, and a [...]

Service members spread the American flag across Qualcom Stadium in San Diego during the halftime show of a pre-season “Chargers” game for Military Appreciation Day. The 20th annual appreciation night hosted by the Chargers include 3,000 free tickets for service members and free food and drinks prior to the game. U.S. Navy photo by [...]

Chief selectees from the Hampton Roads area man-the-rails of the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB 64) during Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Heritage Day. CPO Heritage Day gives newly selected chief candidates the opportunity to learn about their naval heritage and understand the true meaning behind the Navy’s mission, vision, guiding principals and core values- honor, [...]

Chief petty officer selectees from Naval Hospital Corps School, Naval Health Clinic Great Lakes and Naval Medical Clinic Portsmouth wait outside the office of Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Joe R. Campa Jr. with their charge books in hand. The selectees are on a four-day tour to the Washington, D.C., area. [...]

Machinist’s Mate Fireman Zach Vineski, from Riverview, Mich., prepares to execute evening colors aboard the attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) at Naval Station Norfolk. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Xander Gamble (Released) 080822-N-7668G-029

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NORFOLK, Va. (Aug. 22, 2008)

Capt. John Moore, commodore, Combined Task Force (CTF) 367, greets local residents and receives flowers shortly after the arrival of the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) to the port of Batumi. CTF-367 is the lead maritime component for the humanitarian assistance mission to the people of Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication [...]

Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Uebelhoer, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), shows a group of Nicaraguan children the pictures he has taken of them playing soccer at a community relations event during Continuing Promise (CP) 2008. CP is an equal-partnership mission between the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, [...]

A Sailor carries a shipmate to safety while participating in a search and rescue swimming competition as part of Surface Line Week at Naval Base San Diego. Hosted by Commander Naval Surface Forces Pacific, Surface Line Week is an annual competition that allows San Diego military commands [...]

Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Russell Butterfield, left, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Zach Brown, assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, perform maintenance on an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) during Fuerzas Aliadas (FA) PANAMAX 2008. FA PANAMAX 2008 is [...]

Storekeeper 1st Class Jeff Weaver and Ship’s Serviceman 2nd Class Gary Smith prepare humanitarian aid supplies to be loaded aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74). Nearly 55 tons of supplies were loaded as part of the humanitarian assistance for the Republic of Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces. The [...]