Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Ernest Hines assists Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class Patrick Cardillo, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1, don a bomb suit.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 18, 2017) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Ernest Hines assists Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class Patrick Cardillo, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1, don a bomb suit in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is underway on a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alex Perlman) File# 171018-N-GP724-1049
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.
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