On any given day, in your Navy, our team of more than 600,000 professional Sailors and Civilians are working 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.

Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Nicholas Delgado gives a tour to guests aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), during Seattle Seafair. Seafair is an annual celebration that allows the local community to meet and interact with maritime forces from the U.S. and Canada. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shannon Heavin/Released)

A Sailor moves cargo during a vertical replenishment as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 places a load of supplies onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz recently left Pearl Harbor after participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacquelyn Childs/Released)

Lt. Jason Mays assigned to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower launches an F/A-18C Hornet from the Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131. Eisenhower is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operation conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sabrina Fine/Released)

Members of the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) inspect the countermeasure wash down system on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). INSURV inspects U.S. Navy ships every five years of a ship's life to ensure mission readiness and material conditions are up to standards. George Washington recently completed the first-half of its 2012 patrol and is out to sea for INSURV. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eric D. Moorer/Released)

Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) Role 3 Kanadahar Course students receive instruction during a skill stations class at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The course is a two-week program designed to foster teamwork, and build and hone medical skills specific to what U.S. military medical professionals might expect while on deployment to the Role 3 Hospital at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Bruce Cummins/Released)

Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) stand by to drop the anchor as the ship arrives in Cartagena, Colombia for a scheduled port visit. Underwood is deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Frank J. Pikul/Released)
| Navy Personnel | ||||
| Active Duty: 321,053 | ||||
| Officers: 52,694 | ||||
| Enlisted: 263,892 | ||||
| Midshipmen: 4,467 | ||||
| Ready Reserve: 106,578 [As of June 2012 ] | ||||
| Selected Reserves: 63,966 | ||||
| Individual Ready Reserve: 42,612 | ||||
| Reserves currently mobilized: 4,285 [As of 30 Jul 2012] | ||||
| Personnel on deployment: 47,943 | ||||
| Navy Department Civilian Employees: 203,609 | ||||
| Ships and Submarines | ||||
| Deployable Battle Force Ships: 286 | ||||
| Total Ships Underway: 111 (39% of total) | ||||
| Deployed Ships Underway: 60 (20% of total) | ||||
| Attack Submarines Underway: 31 | ||||
| Other Underway: 51 (17% of total) | ||||
| Total Ships Deployed/Underway: 158 (55% of total) | ||||
| Ships Underway | ||||
| Aircraft Carriers: | ||||
| USS Enterprise (CVN 65) – 5th Fleet | ||||
| USS Nimitz (CVN 68) – Pacific Ocean | ||||
| USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) – 5th Fleet | ||||
| USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) – Atlantic Ocean | ||||
| USS George Washington (CVN 73) – Pacific Ocean | ||||
| USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) – Atlantic Ocean | ||||
| Amphibious Assault Ships: | ||||
| USS Peleliu (LHA 5) – Pacific Ocean | ||||
| USS Essex (LHD 2) – port visit Pearl Harbor | ||||
| USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) – Atlantic Ocean | ||||
| USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) – 5th Fleet | ||||
| USS Makin Island (LHD 8) – Pacific Ocean | ||||
Aircraft (operational): 3700+ |
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