https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hi1VkNPJHA The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman is cruising the Persian Gulf as we speak, launching strikes against ISIS in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, and a video posted to 360 Fly shows just what that looks like from the inside. The clip sent into the digital video gadget company shows an F/A-18F Super Hornet launch with one of the pilots from the Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia-based Strike Fighter Squadron 103 “Jolly Rogers.” VFA-103 is deployed on the Truman. The pilot recorded the take-off in 360 degrees, which means viewers can get a full view of what’s happening in the cockpit at…
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Navy social media’s #selfiewithasailor hash tag has gotten some good play this year, with appearances by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and other naval notables, but selfie queen Kim Kardashian is easily the service’s most famous get so far. https://twitter.com/USNavy/status/539804436441202689 Kardashian toured the amphibious transport dock San Diego in Abu Dhabi last week, posing for photos with aircraft and personnel. She tweeted out several of the photos, including the above, with a Petty Officer 3rd Class Dart, Seaman Boland and one unidentified sailor in blueberries. For more snaps from her trip, click here. If you could take your #selfiewithasailor with anyone,…
[HTML1] The aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush is getting ready to wrap up its Persian Gulf deployment, but before they head home, they’re lending a hand to American operations against the Islamic State in Iraq. In this official Navy video, ordnancemen pack explosives to assemble bombs for the strikes. In the clip below, you’ll see what happens after they’re loaded onto F/A-18 Hornets and dropped onto targets. The video shows an airstrike in northern Iraq on Friday. [HTML2] The Bush carrier strike group and Carrier Air Wing 8 left Norfolk back in February and are scheduled to make their way…
Two corpsmen put their medical skills to use when they happened upon an unconscious man during convoy operations in Djibouti. Local nationals flagged down members of Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, on May 23 to help the young man, an apparent drowning victim who was not breathing when the sailors arrived, a Defense Department release said. Chief Hospital Corpsman (FMF/PJ) Adrian Figueroa and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class James Haddenham were able to resuscitate the man and get him to Arta City Hospital, where is expected to recover, the release said. “The actions of our corpsmen on the…
Most stories about auto-racing drivers supporting the Navy come in variations of the same flavor: Either a NASCAR superstar visits a fleet concentration area somewhere stateside, or a flag officer makes his way to Charlotte and ends up talking to a future Sprint Cup champion casually leaning on a pile of raw horsepower. Rarely do you see, say, a 21-year-old American driving on the world’s most elite racing circuit spend some of his downtime before a big race taking sailors out for joyrides. Pierside. In Bahrain. Alexander Rossi is a “reserve driver” for the Caterham Formula One team. In addition to…
When the destroyer Winston S. Churchill returned home to Norfolk, Va., on Thursday, families cheered and reunited after nine months apart. For Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Jeff Reyes, seeing his family wasn’t just a reunion — it was a first meeting. During the deployment to Europe and the Middle East, the destroyer covered more than 56,000 nautical miles and conducted more than 1,000 hours of flight operations, according to a Navy news release. The destroyer also responded to an emergency at sea, saving the life of a civilian mariner in August. One crew member on the civilian motor vessel Belde…
Forget a gingerbread house — this year, sailors aboard carrier John C. Stennis built an entire gingerbread village. The two-week project used 60 pans of gingerbread, baked with more than 700 pounds of flour, 120 pounds of brown sugar and 15 gallons of molasses, according to a Navy press release. Sailors aboard the carrier celebrated the holidays with hot cocoa and chocolate chip cookies while admiring the village covered in lights and garlands when it was unveiled Dec. 9. “We wanted to give the crew a sense of hominess,” Culinary Specialist Seaman Kari Sheldon said in the release. “Even though…
While Navy officials deal with the latest collision, the warship struck in the previous one is headed home. Destroyer Porter passed through the Suez Canal on Oct. 12 on its way home to Norfolk, Va. The impact from its August collision with a supertanker crumpled the ship’s starboard side just in front of the superstructure. The impact smashed the starboard break, a passageway on the weatherdecks, tore open a hole above the waterline and ruptured internal pipes and cables. Seen from the bridge, it appeared as though the supertanker Otowasan’s bow bit off a chunk of the destroyer’s side. That…
They say it takes a village to raise a child, but how about a Navy cruiser raising six? Six sailors aboard cruiser Hué City have added a new member to the family, according to The Florida Times-Union. Four were born within two days of each other; the other two new additions followed shortly after. Technology has allowed the five proud fathers and one grandfather to show off photos of their bundles of joy on deck almost immediately. One was even able to hear his son’s first cries over the telephone. Scoop Deck got a hold of these first photos of…
Sailors on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln received a visitation from the ship’s long-dead namesake in his new cinematic role as a presidential hunter of the undead. Actor Benjamin Walker, in costume as the 16th president, and some of the cast of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” toured the ship, signed autographs and posed for pictures before treating the crew to a sneak preview of the flick, set to be released June 22 in 3-D. The movie also stars Anthony Mackie and Erin Wasson, who joined Walker on the visit. “We made a movie about freedom, and you are the reason…
