Former First Lady Nancy Reagan christens the aircraft carrier
USS Ronald Reagan as President Bush and Newport News Shipbuilding CEO William Frick look on. Newport News, Virginia, March 5, 2001.
Slipping in an update on the Reagan: Onboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), June 1, 2005. An RTM-116A Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is fired from the Reagan against a BQM-34S aerial drone during a live weapons fire exercise. It was the first test of this weapons system onboard the Reagan. The Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier was conducting Combat System Ship’s Qualifications Trials (CSSQT). (Official U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Aaron Burden. For more photos and other info on the Reagan, click the link provided with the christening photo above.)
President Bush at the Youth Activities Center, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, March 2001.
Shaking hands with troops at Tyndall Air Force Base.
Descending the steps of the National Defense University before his speech about the national defense shield, May 2001.
Members of the Air Force Academy football team take pictures of President Bush after he gave the team the Commander-in-Chief Trophy at the White House, May 2001. [Remember this happy pre-9/11 photo when viewing the somber one in the 2002 group. Same event. Same service academy football team. Different world.]
