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Navy Reserve Adjusting to the Reduction in Expeditionary Forces

With the end of the Iraq War and the draw down in Afghanistan, the U.S. Navy is reducing the size of the Navy Reserve Expeditionary Force.

MCPON Visits University of Virginia Naval ROTC

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)(AW/NAC) Mike D. Stevens spent the day with more than 60 midshipmen from the University of Virginia Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Dec. 6.

Eurasia Partnership Capstone 2012 Kicks Off

Multinational naval and coast guard representatives attended an opening ceremony to kick off the week-long training collaboration, Eurasia Partnership Capstone (EPC) 2012, in Souda Bay, Greece, Dec. 9.

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YOUR Navy Operating Forward - Arabian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Kittery, Maine, Japan

Right now your Navy is 100% on watch around the globe helping to preserve the American way of life. Whether it be operating and training in the waters off the...

An Opportunity to Honor

As a member of Navy’s Honor Guard, BM2 Jackson has helped lay to rest over 250 veterans and supervised the laying to rest of over 800 veterans. As he spent...

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ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 6, 2012)1 of 4

Sailors hand tools to a naval aircrewman in an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Armando Gonzales (Released) 121206-N-LV331-545

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Dec. 4, 2012)2 of 4

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Jered Gonzalez and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Elizabeth Swecker, both assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), help deliver Christmas presents to a Salvation Army warehouse. Theodore Roosevelt Sailors donated a total of 225 gifts to the Angel Tree program and helped distribute the presents to underprivileged children. Theodore Roosevelt is in the last year of refueling and complex overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Austin Rooney (Released) 121204-N-RT381-035

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ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 10, 2012)3 of 4

Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Eddie Casusol, from New York, reviews test data from an F/A-18 engine test in the jet shop aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Charlotte C. Oliver (Released) 121210-N-HV737-003

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 9, 2012)4 of 4

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator taxies on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is the first aircraft carrier to host test operations for an unmanned aircraft. Harry S. Truman is underway supporting carrier qualifications. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corp. by Alan Radecki (Released) 121209-N-ZZ999-004

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