ILLUSTRATIONS IN CHAPTERS
1.1 The world’s most powerful Navy
1.2 A large group taking the oath of enlistment in Chicago
1.3 Recruit Training Command, also known as “Boot Camp”
1.4 A special pass-in-review ceremony near the end of training at Boot Camp
2.1 A military formation on a ship
2.3 Members of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard Drill Team formed up at “close interval”
2.4 A member of the U.S. Navy’s elite drill team at “attention” in front of the Lone Sailor
2.6 A Navy Drill Team Sailor demonstrates the proper way to execute a “hand salute.”
2.7 “Right face” and “about face” diagrammed
2.9 When done correctly, military marching is an impressive sight.
3.2 The proper way to execute a hand salute
3.8 A Sailor raises the commission pennant on a newly commissioned attack submarine.
3.9 The departing commanding officer receives the commission pennant that flew on his ship.
3.10 The personal flag of a four-star admiral is flown on this submarine.
3.11 The Secretary of the Navy’s flag
3.12 Naval Support Activity Bahrain receives the Navy Unit Commendation from the CNO.
3.13 Sailors man the rail on an aircraft carrier.
3.14 A full-dressed guided-missile destroyer in honor of Presidents’ Day
3.15 Rainbow side boys on an aircraft carrier
3.16 The ballistic-missile submarine USS George Washington slides down the ways, 1959.
3.17 A master chief is piped ashore after twenty-five years of service.
6.1 Sailors in Service Dress Blue uniforms
6.2 A Sailor wearing the traditional headgear sometimes informally called a “Dixie cup”
6.3 A petty officer wearing the service uniform
6.4 Sailors in the blue Type I Navy Working Uniform (NWU)
6.5 The Navy Working Uniform (NWU) Type III
6.6 The “Reverse U.S. Flag” patch
6.7 The “Tactical Dont Tread on Me” patch
6.8 Two Sailors wearing the Navy Physical Training Uniform (PTU)
6.10 Three enlisted Sailors wearing their Service Dress Blue uniforms
6.11 Members of a ship’s crash and salvage crew wear fire-resistant proximity suits.
6.12 A typical sleeve marking for a petty officer second class
6.13 Collar device for a petty officer second class
6.14 A petty officer first class wearing the metal cap and collar devices of her rank
6.15 A master chief petty officer with SECNAV and MCPON
6.17 Flight deck personnel in their color-coded jerseys
6.18 The uniform is a visible representation of the Navy’s heritage and its special missions.
7.1 Painting of John Paul Jones leading a raid on Whitehaven during the Revolutionary War
7.2 USS John Paul Jones fires a powerful guided missile from its vertical launching tubes.
7.4 The frigate USS Constitution, nicknamed “Old Ironsides”
7.5 A ballistic-missile submarine during the Cold War
7.6 A U.S. Navy ironclad gunboat during the Civil War
7.7 A U.S. Navy swift boat on patrol in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War
7.8 The Navy and Coast Guard provided assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
7.9 In 1960 USS Triton sailed around the world submerged for the entire eighty-three-day trip.
7.10 Messman Third Class Doris “Dorie” Miller receives the Navy Cross from ADM Chester Nimitz.
8.1 Navy ships and aircraft often operate jointly with elements of the other services.
8.2 A U.S. Navy cruiser, a German oiler, and two Croatian missile boats in the Adriatic Sea
8.3 U.S. National Defense Command Structure
8.4 Geographic Areas of Responsibility for Unified Commands
8.5 The Tenth Fleet was reestablished in 2009.
8.6 An example of part of a task organization
8.7 The Secretary of the Navy and his or her assistants
8.8 Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV)
8.9 Major Components of the Navy Shore Establishment
8.10 Different types of ships will be organized somewhat differently.
10.1 An Arleigh Burke–class destroyer
10.2 Some of the principal parts of a ship
10.3 A gas turbine systems technician working on one of the ship’s gas turbines
10.4 A rare look at a destroyer’s propellers
10.5 The bridge is the primary control position for a ship when she is under way.
11.1 Tools for removing paint from decks and bulkheads
11.2 A Sailor using a disk sander aboard ship
11.3 Types of paint brushes used in the Navy
11.4 The Navy method of painting
12.2 Different methods of stowing line
12.5 Cleats, bitts, chocks, and bollards
12.6 A typical ground-tackle arrangement
12.9 Vertical-shaft anchor windlass
12.10 From anchored to under way
12.13 Underway replenishment (UNREP)
12.14 A helicopter providing vertical replenishment (VERTREP)
12.15 The LCAC uses a cushion of air to travel over both water and land.
12.16 A rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB)
12.19 Hoisting and launching boats are important seamanship skills.
13.1 The bell of the attack cargo ship Yancy
13.2 Step-by-step scanning as a lookout
13.3 Relative bearings are measured clockwise from the ship’s bow to locate an object.
13.4 Position angles locate objects in the sky.
13.5 Firing Tomahawk missiles as seen through night-vision goggles
14.1 Shipboard aircraft operations require special procedures and precautions.
14.2 Ammunition and explosives require care and vigilance.
14.3 Sailors working with lines
14.4 Rescue swimmers conducting a man overboard drill in the Arabian Sea
14.5 Donning the vest-type life preserver
15.1 All Sailors must be firefighters.
15.2 “Dogs” are special latches used on watertight doors to ensure a watertight closure.
15.3 An outside view of a quick-acting watertight door
15.4 An inside view of a quick-acting watertight door
15.5 A cutaway view of an escape scuttle
15.7 The portable CO2 extinguisher
15.8 A petty officer wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
16.1 Some of the many types of aircraft flown by the U.S. Navy
16.2 Basic parts of a fixed-wing aircraft
17.1 USS Lake Erie (CG 70) fires a standard missile from her vertical launcher.
17.2 The parts of a gun projectile
17.3 The parts of a typical missile
17.5 Aviation ordnancemen preparing to load Sidewinder missiles onto a Hornet fighter aircraft
17.7 A Harpoon cruise missile is fired from a cruiser.
17.8 A Trident ballistic missile fired from a submerged submarine
17.9 Sailors loading a 2,000-pound bomb onto a Hornet attack aircraft
17.10 A destroyer launches a torpedo.
17.11 Lands and grooves make up the rifling in a gun barrel.
17.12 An MK 45 5-inch/62 gun firing from the forecastle of a destroyer
17.13 The .50-caliber machine gun is the largest small arm used by the Navy.
17.14 Sailors aboard a cruiser practicing with 9mm pistols
18.1 A recruit chief petty officer (RCPO) gets an early taste of leadership.
18.2 A chief aviation boatswain’s mate briefs Sailors on an aircraft carrier.
18.3 Every leader must also be a teacher.
18.4 Every promotion comes with added responsibility as well as authority.
20.2 A sound-powered telephone jack box
20.5 Signal flags hoisted on halyards
20.6 Semaphore requires little in the way of equipment and is relatively simple.
21.1 Family housing at Trumbo Point, an annex of Naval Air Station Key West
21.2 Young bowlers at a Navy bowling alley on the base in Yokosuka, Japan
21.3 A petty officer first class receives a master of science degree.
21.4 An unusual reenlistment ceremony taking place in the Gulf of Aqaba
21.5 A chief petty officer and his family pass through side boys.
ILLUSTRATIONS IN TABS
6-A Navy enlisted sleeve markings
6-B-1 Marine Corps enlisted ranks
6-B-3 Air Force enlisted ranks
6-C Officer collar, cap, and shoulder rank devices
6-D Navy officer shoulder boards and sleeve markings
6-E Coast Guard officer shoulder boards and sleeve markings
6-F Warrant Officer rank devices
6-G Line and Staff Corps devices
6-J Some examples of warfare and qualification insignia
10-A-2 Amphibious assault ship (LHA)
10-A-3 Amphibious command ship (LCC)
10-A-4 Amphibious transport dock (LPD)
10-A-5 Coastal Riverine Squadron 1 patrol boats
10-A-6 Guided-missile cruiser (CG)
10-A-7 Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer (DDG)
10-A-8 Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer (DDG)
10-A-9 Dock landing ship (LSD)
10-A-10 MSC expeditionary transfer dock USNS Montford Point (T-ESD1)
10-A-11 Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS)
10-A-12 Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS)
10-A-13 Landing craft, air cushion (LCAC)
10-A-14 A pair of LCMs headed for the beach
10-A-15 An LCU carrying a pair of tanks
10-A-16 Mine countermeasures ship (MCM)
10-A-17 Patrol coastal ship (PC)
10-A-18 Attack submarine (SSN)
10-A-19 Fleet ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN)
10-A-20 Fast combat support ship (T-AOE)
10-A-21 A large harbor tug (YTB) showing off some of her firefighting capability
16-A-17 KC-130J Hercules refueling two helicopters
16-A-22 MV-22B Osprey in “helicopter mode”
16-A-23 MV-22B Osprey in “fixed-wing mode”
16-A-34 X-47B unmanned carrier-based aircraft
17-D Effects of correct and incorrect small arms sight alignment