030909-N-0905V-056 Pacific Ocean (Sept. 9, 2003) -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Landon Randal fires an M240 machine gun from a SH-60F Sea Hawk assigned to the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eight (HS-8) during a training exercise. Carl Vinson is scheduled to pull into Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif., before returning to its homeport in Bremerton, Wash. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is returning home following an eight-month deployment to the Western Pacific. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is returning home following an eight-month deployment to the Western Pacific in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Chris M. Valdez. (RELEASED)
030909-N-9954T-001 Amite, La. (Sept. 9, 2003) -- A distinguished group to include the Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, acting Secretary of the Navy, and ship's sponsor Dotty England, initiate the pouring of molten steel, which will be poured into a mold to form the bow stem of the Amphibious Transport Dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). About 24 tons of steel was salvaged from the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Approximately 10-percent of the steel was lost when the foundry superheated the 48,780 pounds of steel to 2,850 degrees Fahrenheit. U.S. Navy photo Photographer's Mate 2nd Class George Trian. (RELEASED)
030909-N-9907G-503 Atlantic Ocean (Sept. 9, 2003) -- Aircrew assigned to the “Gunslingers” of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Five (VFA-105) stand ready as an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the “Bear Aces” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two Four (VAW-124) makes an arrested landing aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The nuclear powered aircraft carrier is conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Floyd Grimm. (RELEASED)