050719-N-9446C-107 Atlantic Ocean (July 19,2005) - Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One One detachment Nine (EODMU-11) participate in a fast rope exercise involving repelling out of an HH-60H Seahawk helicopter assigned to the Eightballers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eight (HS-8). Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the 6th Fleet area of operations. USS Carl Vinson will end its deployment with a homeport shift to Norfolk, Va., and commence a three-year refuel and complex overhaul. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Refugio Carrillo (RELEASED)
050719-N-0905V-032 Strait of Gibraltar (July 19, 2005) – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits through the Strait of Gibraltar as she makes her way to the Atlantic Ocean. Carl Vinson will end its deployment with a homeport shift from San Diego, Calif., to Norfolk, Va., and commence a three-year refuel and complex overhaul. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Chris M. Valdez (RELEASED)
050719-N-5345W-069 Atlantic Ocean (July 19, 2005) – Four F-14B Tomcats, assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32), perform a diamond formation fly-by at the conclusion of Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) fly-off aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The current underway-period marks the final time the F-14 Tomcat will take part in flight operations while embarked aboard Truman. VF-32 will shortly begin the process of transitioning to the newer F/A-18F Super Hornet. Truman is currently conducting carrier qualifications and operations off the East Coast and is also participating in a Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) with USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). JTFEX is a key component in the training cycle of an aircraft carrier and carrier air wing in the U.S. Navy Fleet Response Plan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson (RELEASED)
050717-N-8060A-041 Mediterranean Sea (July 17, 2005) – An EA-6B Prowler, assigned to the “Yellowjackets” of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Eight (VAQ-138), makes an arrested landing aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the 6th Fleet area of operations. Vinson will end her deployment with a homeport shift from San Diego, Calif., to Norfolk, Va., and commence a three-year refuel and complex overhaul. U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Chuck Albrecht (RELEASED)