Radio Communications Man PFC J. Krippendorf and his squad leader, CPL C. Candelario, both from the Marine detachment of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62), train in tactical maneuvers at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. They are armed with M-16A1 rifles

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.