Your Navy TODAY � New York, Washington, SouthChina Sea

On any given day, in your Navy, our team of more than 600,000 professional Sailors and civilians areworking together around the globe to perform our mission: deter aggression and, if deterrence fails,win our Nation�s wars. It is not possible to share every aspect of this global team but,through this blog, we offer you a glimpse of what these men and women do on a daily basis.

NEW YORK: The amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) passes the Statue of Libertyduring the Parade of Ships at Fleet Week New York.

PACIFIC OCEAN: Sailors stand by as USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) pulls alongside USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) for a replenishment-at-sea.

WASHINGTON: Chief Hospital Corpsman Mahtob Johnson, left, Fleet Forces Command; Chief NavalAircrewman (Mechanical) Matthew Meadows, Pacific Fleet; Chief Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter)Paul Marticorena, Reserve Forces; and Chief Cryptologic Technician (Collection) Patricia Madigan,Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Shore; stand at attention after being meritoriously advanced to therank of Chief Petty Officer during the 2013 Navy Sailor of the Year pinning ceremony.

PACIFIC OCEAN: Air department Sailorsparticipate in a scrub down exercise on theflight deck of the aircraft carrier USS GeorgeWashington (CVN 73).

SOUTH CHINA SEA: Machinist�s Mate 2nd Class Paul Garilao performs a visual clear andbright test on incoming fuel aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during a replenishment-at-sea withUSNS Rappahannok (T-AO 204).

ARABIAN GULF: The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) fires its MK 38 25mmmachine gun during a live-fire exercise.

PACIFIC OCEAN: An EA-18G Growler assigned to the Cougars of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ)139 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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