Sunday, January 2, 2011

USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8)

The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) breaks away from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) after a refueling at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Leonard Adams/Released)

USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7)

The Military Sealift Command fast-combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) performs maneuvers at sea after an underway replenishment with the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52). Bunker Hill is supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7)

A MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) conducts a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7). Freedom is conducting counter-illicit trafficking operations in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Lt. Ed Early/Released)

USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3)

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Island Knights of Helicopter Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, transfers stores from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean on her first summer deployment from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Aviation Boatswains Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class Justin Sickler/Released)