030902-C-3948H-510 New York City, N.Y. (Sept. 2, 2004) – A U.S. Coast Guard Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) conducts a Homeland Security patrol near the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Rigid hull inflatable boats are deep-V glass-reinforced plastic hulls to which a multi-compartment buoyancy tube is attached. They are powered by either a gasoline outboard motor or an inboard/outboard diesel engine. The RHIB can be easily deployed from a cutter and its portability and ruggedness allow it to be used across many Coast Guard mission areas. U.S. Coast Guard Photo (RELEASED)
041018-N-0841E-297 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 18, 2004) – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) cruises through the early morning waters of the Pacific Ocean. Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Oscar Espinoza (RELEASED)
041018-N-0841E-439 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 18, 2004) - An MH-60R Strikehawk assigned to the "Scorpions" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four Nine (HSL-49), picks up cargo aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Ford (FFG 54) during a vertical replenishment with the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74). Ford and embarked HSL-49 are on a scheduled deployment with Stennis Carrier Strike Group (CSG). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Oscar Espinoza (RELEASED)
PASSAGE KEY ISLAND, Fla. -- Airman 1st Class Ed Howell prepares explosive charges Oct. 13 to destroy a World War II-era M46 photoflash bomb found here. He is assigned to the explosive ordnance disposal team at nearby MacDill Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Paul Hohn)