Deployment 2010

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Haven't been around much lately, mainly because I just got home from a 7 month deployment. Here are a bunch of pictures I took.

Naples, Italy
You can see our ship in this first picture.

Beirut, Lebanon...we were called there to assist with search and rescue/recovery efforts after a civilian 737 went into the Mediterranean.

REXTORP firing...recoverable torpedo.

 

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Israel..we were in Haifa but people were taking tours of Jerusalem.

 

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VBSS drill..I'm on the right taking up the rear with the pistol.

RAS (Replenishment At Sea)

Our berthing after a little flooding..

Kusadasi, Turkey

 

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Bodrum, Turkey

 

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French warship we did an exercise with.

Rhodes, Greece

 

[Kazza]

Nice pics, thanks

 

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Another RAS..

Someone getting OC sprayed!

Catania, Sicily

 

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Some last random ones

Spent 5" casings..

A sketch I did on deployment for someone's tattoo design.

 

[Prebstar]

Great pics, thanks for sharing

 

[Ridgeback]

'Join the Navy and see the World'
Very true in your case!
Great pictures :thumbup: That's some ship your on!

I went to Turkey last year.We went to Side,which is an ancient walled city,were Anthony and Cleopatra met, out on a peninsular in the SE of the country.Lovely place with wonderfully friendly people.Downside was the heat.One day the thermometer on the beach bar we were using,hit 54 c! My Missus looked like a Lobster

 

[LERecords]

cool pics.. thanks for sharring

 

[Cloggy]

thanx for the pics :thumbup:
I went on holiday to Kussadassi about 10 years ago now and took a trip down to Bodrum as well, we had a great holiday.

 

[CdnMedic]

Your deployment sure looks better than mine was!
I could put up some pics, but really, who wants to see mountains and sand?

 

[Humperdinkel]

Some awesome pics there , you certainly get to see the world while your getting paid :thumbup: Im jealous

USS ???? I cant see a number anywhere to look it up

 

[mxgolf]

Fantastic pictures. Thanks it's like a tour of the Mediteranian. I notice you found some Fizzers all over the place. :thumbup: Thanks for doing what you do for our freedoms! :bow:

 

[LERecords]

Thanks for the share!!!

 

[DownrangeFuture]

Yeah, I'm in the same boat as CdnMedic. We spent most of our time in the Persian Gulf, and you can't take pictures in Arabic countries. We just hit turkey and italy on our way out. By that point, not taking the camera was so ingrained I forgot it.

I do have some of St. Thomas somewhere though.

 

[motojoe122]

Great pics! Coming home from a patrol is always the best feeling. Most of my pics are before I had a digital camera.

 

[viviifz6]

Those pics are sweet!:rockon:

 

[ghostrider951]

hey thanks for sharing the pics, your pics are motivating for me, cuz im in the process of enlisting in the navy