Spring Cleaning 💦🧼🚢

Sailors aboard USS Mason (DDG 87) man the hose during freshwater wash-down in the Red Sea.

📸: Petty Officer 2nd Class Kalvin Kes

#Connectedness #WorkingTogether #USN #SailorLife #LifeatSea #FreshWater

SURFLANT Excellence ⚓️🫡🇺🇸🎉🥳👏

Congratulations to PS1 Jake Roldan (N14) on being CNSL Staff Sailor of the year. BZ!

#SurfaceWarriorCulture #CNSL #Surflant #SailorOfTheYear #USN #BZ

Emergency Services @ Sea 🌊💦🔥🚒👩‍🚒👨‍🚒

Sailors practice firehose handling during a damage control drill aboard USS Gravely (DDG 107) in the Red Sea.

📸: Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Word

#Readiness #WarFighting #DDG107 #NavyLife #LifeAtSea #NavalFirefighters #USN

Surface Line Week Picnic is just around the corner, only 2 days away! Join us for a delightful day filled with games, delicious food, refreshing beverages, and an exciting Cake Judging contest. Remember, all cakes must be submitted at the picnic by 1145. See you there!

Transporting supplies between two ships always brings a storm of activity ⛈️

Sailors aboard USS Mason (DDG 87) and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to HSM 74, conduct a replenishment at sea with USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

Anchors Away ⚓️🌊🚢

USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) prepares to conduct a sea and anchor detail before beginning patrol.

📸: Petty Officer 3rd Class Alfredo Marron

#Readiness #DDG #Sailors #USNavy

LCAC Ops 🌊

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Wasp ARG (WSP) and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit come ashore via a landing craft air cushion from USS NEW YORK (LPD 21) to conduct a non-combatant evacuation exercise

#USNavy #USMarines #24thMEU #LPD21 #COMPTUEX #Readiness

Monday Morning DDG Views 🌁 🌅🚢

Drydock evolution from different views aboard USS James E. Williams (DDG 95).

#navy #ddg95 #usnavy#NavyYard #drydock #SurfaceWarriorCulture

U.S. Marines with the Low Altitude Air Defense Detachment to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct simulated counter unmanned aerial systems operations aboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1) during COMPTUEX in the Atlantic Ocean.

Cmdr. Leandra Kissinger aboard USS Beloit LCS 29 was privileged to speak with the Commission Committee, Stateline Boys and Girls Club event, 'Today's Dreamers, Tomorrow's Leaders.' and participate in interviews with KNOW 27 and the Beloit Daily News.

Squeaky Clean 🧼🫧💦

Quartermaster 2nd Class Rocio Braunstein aboard USS New York (LPD 21) cleans the warship bridge windows. The bridge is where Sailors control the ship’s navigation and maneuvering.

📸: MC2 Jesse Turner

#Connectedness #Maintence #SpringCleaning #LifeatSea

#NamesakeVisits 🤝⚓️🚢

#ICYMI Sailors aboard USS Cleveland (LCS 31) visited the warship’s namesake city. They toured downtown Cleveland, USS COD Tour, Science Center logo build, NCAA basketball game, partake in the Solar eclipse and more!
#SurfaceWarriorCulture #Cleveland #LCS31

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps integration in action!

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit , and Sailors aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) are underway in the Atlantic Ocean completing integrated naval training as a WSP ARG-24th MEU team.

Always training, always winning 🥇⚓️🚢

Seaman Aleeke Johnson and Seaman Ijiah Corbett aboard USS New York (LPD 21) participate in helmsman training on the ship’s bridge. Helmsmen are responsible for steering and adjusting the ship’s course and speed.

📸: MC2 Turner

#Readiness

Traffic Alert 🚨🚁

Aviation Boatswain’s Mates (Handling) direct aircraft movement in the hangar bay aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1).

📸: MC2 Amber Speer

#Readiness #LHD1 #USSWasp #Deployment #Warships #Aircrafts

Medical Readiness = Mission Readiness  ⛑️🩺🩻💉

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (HM2) Booker Metzger and HM2 Danny Baker aboard USS New York (LPD 21) conduct medical laboratory training.

📸: MC2 Jesse Turner

#SurfaceForceHealth #Medical #NavyMedical #USN #USSNewYork #NavyTraining

Enhancing Readiness 🚨🧑‍🚒🧯
A Damage Controlman operates a naval firefighting thermal imager as a Boatswain's Mate combats a simulated fire on the bridge aboard USS Gravely (DDG 107) during a general quarters drill.
📸: Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Word
#Warfighting #Readiness

Blue-Green Team 🔵🟢🫡⚓️

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit , and Sailors with the USS New York (LPD 21) conduct a defense of amphibious task force exercise aboard the warship while underway.

📸: Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy

#Warfighting

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A Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) teaches about equipment used during damage control drills aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58).

#Connectedness #USN #LifeAtSea #NavyLeadership

📸: Petty Officer 3rd Class Alice Husted

Congratulations to CTT1 James Box aboard USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) on being SURFLANT's Elite Performer, BZ! 🥳🎉🎊

#SurfaceWarriorCulture #ElitlePerformer #Surflant #CNSL