BP query - During a press briefing, Baptist Press reporter Sara
Horn asks Rear Admiral John D. Stufflebeem, Commander, Carrier Group
Two (CCG 2), about an overnight mission flown by pilots from the USS
Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). - Jim Veneman |
Deployed dad's devotion - AE1 Jim Brunsgaard
participates in an onboard reading program offered to parents who wish
to produce videotapes of reading to their children. Brunsgaard and his
family are members of London Bridge Baptist Church in Virginia Beach. - Jim Veneman |
Delighted dad - Petty Officer 1st Class
Ernest Commack, an information systems technician, beams from ear to
ear as he visits with his wife, stepson and new baby son via a
video-teleconference call provided by the Navy for sailors. The family
gets 10 minutes to visit with each other in real time. - Jim Veneman |
Watchful & wise - LT Erica Dobbs, with
20 years in the Navy, keeps tabs on young 19- and 20-year-old sailors
who work under her supervision. From left to right: AOAN Vincent Crow,
a member of East Brent Baptist Church in Pensacola, Fla.; Dobbs; AOAN
Patrick Bowers, The Potter's House in Dallas. - Jim Veneman |
Team leader - LT Erica Dobbs, in her office
just off one of the hangar bays of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75),
is responsible for 67 young men and women aircraft armament
specialists. - Jim Veneman |
Praying with passion - LT Erica Dobbs prays
with passion as she gathers with other believers for a regular time of
prayer in the chapel of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Their
intercession stretches from safety for their fellow crewmembers to the
innocent children of Iraq and wisdom for President Bush. - Jim Veneman |
Catching his breath - Airman Julius Mitchell
from Woodbridge, Va., relaxes for just a moment during a long night of
loading ordnance. -
Jim Veneman |
Storms notwithstanding - Airmen pull
ordnance to the elevators leading to the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
flight deck. Even on a night of heavy rain and some hail, the
operations do not slow down. - Jim Veneman |
Getting it right - AM2 Robert Morgan of
Macon, Ga., helps to precisely position one of the ship's F-14s for
maintenance. - Jim Veneman |
Finishing touches - Sergeant William Ilund,
left, of Fayettsville, N.C., and staff sergeant David Demetrious of
Houston paint an F-18 Hornet assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN
75). - Jim Veneman |
Gravity of the situation - Ordnance awaits
transfer to the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). - Jim Veneman |
