080214-N-0923G-005 WASHINGTON (Feb. 14, 2008) A model of the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class destroyer to be built by Bath Iron Works and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding is displayed during a contract signing ceremony at the Pentagon. Both companies signed $1.4 billion construction contracts with the Navy as part of the Navy dual lead-ship strategy to introduce the new class of destroyer that will deliver improved warfighting capabilities, continued forward presence and combat power for the surface Navy. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dustin Gates (Released)
080213-N-3925A-001 PERSIAN GULF (Feb. 11, 2008) Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Cleveland (LPD 7) prepare for an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). The Cleveland is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and is working with coalition forces to maintain a naval and air presence in the region to deter destabilizing activities and safeguard the region's vital links to the global economy. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Grant P. Ammon (Released) v
