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SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter Description EAST CHINA SEA (Jan. 9, 2011) An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 49 delivers supply pallets to the flight deck of the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52). Bunker Hill and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 are on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Aviation Electronic Technician Airman K. Dean/Released) Date 8 December 2010, 11:02 Source Navy Sea Hawk helicopter http://commons.wikimedia.org/ Author Official Navy Page from United States of America K. Dean/U.S. Navy Camera location 29° 41′ 44.88″ N, 125° 06′ 13.56″ E Permission Public Domain Licensing This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy , taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , the image is in the public domain . This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copy...

Polar bears near north pole U.S. Navy photo by Chief Yeoman Alphonso Braggs Description English: Three Polar bears approach the starboard bow of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718) while surfaced 280 miles from the North Pole. Sighted by a lookout from the bridge (sail) of the submarine, the bears investigated the boat for almost 2 hours before leaving. Commanded by Cmdr. Charles Harris, USS Honolulu while conducting otherwise classified operations in the Arctic, collected scientific data and water samples for U.S. and Canadian Universities as part of an agreement with the Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). USS Honolulu is the 24th Los Angeles-class submarine, and the first original design in her class to visit the North Pole region. Honolulu is assigned to Commander Submarine Pacific, Submarine Squadron Three, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Date before 12 October 2003 (Date and time of digitizing 09:35, 11 October 2...

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Description English: Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) of the NMMP on mineclearance operations, with locator beacon. K-Dog, a bottle-nose dolphin belonging to Commander Task Unit (CTU) 55.4.3, leaps out of the water in front of Sgt. Andrew Garrett while training near the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) in the Persian Gulf. Attached to the dolphin's pectoral fin is a "pinger" device that allows the handler to keep track of the dolphin when out of sight. CTU-55.4.3 is a multi-national team consisting of Naval Special Clearance Team-One, Fleet Diving Unit Three from the United Kingdom, Clearance Dive Team from Australia, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Units Six and Eight (EODMU-6 and -8). These units are conducting deep/shallow water mine countermeasure operations to clear shipping lanes. 큰돌고래 Date 18 March 2003 Source This Image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 030318-N-5319A-002 http://commons.wiki...