Storekeeper Seaman Jason Hood from Diamond Bar, Calif., simulates an injured person with a chest wound during a mass causality drill aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)
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The Pacific Ocean (Jul. 10, 2003) Storekeeper Seaman Jason Hood from Diamond Bar, Calif., simulates an injured person with a chest wound during a mass causality drill aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The Navy continuously conducts medical training exercises in a variety of scenarios to ensure its people can respond properly to difficult and unusual circumstances. John C. Stennis is operating off the coast of Southern California in preparation for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jayme Pastoric. File# 030710-N-9769P-026
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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