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Boarding team members from the USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) rappel down cargo containers stacked on the deck of the merchant ship Puerto Cortes, stopped on a routine inspection in the Persian Gulf on May 15, 2000. The Lake Champlain is conducting Military Interdiction Operations in the Persian Gulf to locate suspect merchant vessels possibly violating United Nations embargoes. The Ticonderoga class cruiser is deployed to the Gulf from its homeport of San Diego, Calif. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Abell, U.S. Navy. (Released)
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The U.S. Naval Academy’s graduating class of 2000 cheers as F/A-18 Hornets from the Blue Angels flight demonstration team streak across the sky during graduation ceremonies in Annapolis, Md., on May 24, 2000. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brien Aho, U.S. Navy. (Released)
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Eubanks works in the blue light of the Electronic Warfare module as he stands the Advanced Combat Direction Systems watch aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) on June 3, 2000. Eubanks, from Dallas, Texas, is a Navy electronic warfare technician. The Kitty Hawk is homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chris D. Howell, U.S. Navy. (Released)
