
ALT U.S. Navy Ensign Christina Erickson, a Quincy, California, native and registered nurse assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Camp Pendleton, California, signals that a vaccination station is ready to help the next community member at the Community Vaccination Center in St. Louis, Missouri, April 14, 2021.

ALT 200716-N-CL550-1228 EAST CHINA SEA (July 16, 2020) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Michelle Sejour, from Orlando, Fla., coordinates messages from the combat information center while standing watch as a phone talker on the bridge of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, part of America Expeditionary Strike Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serves as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino/Released)

ALT PACIFIC OCEAN (July 22, 2020) An F-35B Lightning II attached to the “Wake” of Marine Fighter Attack squadron (VMFA) 211 takes off from the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is underway in the eastern Pacific Ocean conducting routine maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rawad Madanat)

ALT 200726-N-GA608-1042 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2020) Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) present colors during a burial at sea, July 26, 2020. Makin Island, homeported in San Diego, is conducting routine operations in the eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Sperle/Released)

ALT KINGSVILLE, Texas (July 17, 2020) Lt. j.g. Madeline G. Swegle, the U.S. Navy's first Black female tactical jet aviator, stands in front of a T-45C Goshawk jet trainer aircraft on the Training Air Wing 2 flight line at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, July 17, 2020. Swegle completed her final training flight with the "Redhawks" of Training Squadron 21 and was soft winged July 7. Her official winging ceremony is scheduled July 31 after which she will continue to graduate training at her fleet replacement squadron. TW-2 is one of five air wings under the Chief of Naval Air Training and conducts intermediate and advanced jet training for the Navy, Marine Corps, and international military partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Michelle Tucker)































