Your Navy TODAY – Bahrain, Norfolk, Arabian Sea

An F/A-18C Hornet from the Rampagers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Eisenhower is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility 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 Apprentice John Haynes/Released)

The future littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) into the Nicholson Terminal. Fort Worth sailed away from the Marinette Marine Corp. shipyard in Marinette, Wis., Aug. 7, beginning its maiden voyage to its commissioning site in Galveston, Texas, before heading to its eventual homeport of San Diego, Calif. Fort Worth is the third Littoral Combat Ship delivered to the Navy, and the second LCS of the steel, semi-planing monohull Freedom variant, and will be commissioned Sept. 22. (U.S. Navy photo by Mr. Christopher Johnson/Released)

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Units (EODMU) 1, 11 and 12 conduct pool tests of the SEABOTIX underwater reconnaissance vehicle. EODMU-1, 11 and 12 are assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, which provides mine countermeasures, explosive ordinance disposal, salvage-diving, counter-terrorism, and force protection for the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jayme Pastoric/Released)

Cmdr. Mike Coffel, a Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) Role 3 Kanadahar Course subject matter expert and guest lecturer, instructs a tourniquet class during a Clinical Skills Station exercise. 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)

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) arrives at its new homeport of Naval Station Norfolk. Lincoln deployed as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. Following its arrival in Norfolk, the aircraft carrier will undergo a four-year refueling complex overhaul. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Antonio P. Turretto Ramos/Released)

Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Emmanuel Dixon, from Jacksonville, Fla., signals to an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dragonslayers of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 11 as it lands aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69). Vicksburg is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility 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 2nd Class Nick Scott/Released)

The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Louisville (SSN 724) returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after completing a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Released)