050305-N-9013W-004 Norfolk, Va. (Mar. 5, 2005) – Sailors board the U.S. Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) as they “bring her to life,” during the ship’s commissioning ceremony held on board Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Nitze is the 44th ship in the Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers and honors former Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze. This highly capable multi-mission ship can conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, in support of the National Military Strategy. Nitze is capable of fighting air, surface, and subsurface battles simultaneously. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Laurie L. Wood (RELEASED)
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050304-N-8770A-061 Everett, Wash. (Mar. 4, 2005) - Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) hold their newborn babies for the first time after returning from a deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean. The Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) supported Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth Acosta (RELEASED)
050305-N-0577F-010 Fallujah, Iraq (Mar. 5, 2005) - Steelworker Constructionman Michael Gilcrest and Chief Builder Andrew Sprague, the youngest and oldest Seabees in Fallujah, Iraq, cut a birthday cake alongside Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler. The Seabees and I MEF celebrated the 63rd birthday of U.S. Navy Seabees. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Donny M. Forbes (RELEASED)
