Faces of the Fleet

“Faces of the Fleet” takes a look at YOUR Navy operating forward. These images represent the greatest Sailors in the greatest Navy in the world leading from the deck plates, and completing missions around the globe. This is your fleet and these are your Sailors! Hooyah, Navy!!

Engineman 3rd Class Jonathan Judd, left, and Engineman Fireman Skyler Hunt, right, repair an engine on a Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman/Released)

Seaman Sackiema Thomas sews bunting in the Sail Loft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robert Winn/Released)

Cryptologic Technician (Collection) Chief Jonathan Routszong and Chief Internal Communications Electrician Phillip Bowler use a spotlight aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) to search for two recoverable exercise torpedoes that were launched by helicopters assigned to the Warlords of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 51 just before sunset. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/Released)

Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Nicolas Sorrell heats a copper pipe in the hull technician workshop aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chelsea Mandello/Released)

Ensign Kristin R. Cronic, from Jacksonville, Fla., and Lt. j.g. Mary Elizabeth C. Follador, from Birmingham, Ala., plot simulated damage during a general quarters drill aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)

Electronics Technician 3rd Class Hao Lienh checks the voltage of a radar system aboard the forward deployed Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/Released

Ensign Caitlyn Levinson, assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Taylor (FFG 50), embraces her family during a homecoming celebration at Naval Station Mayport. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ian W. Anderson/Released)