Thousands of miles out to sea, sailors carry out our warfighting mission. While there are many career fields in the Navy, one baseline skill for each is a requirement…firefighting. It’s training sailors initially learn in boot camp, but constantly receive particularly in shipboard environments through drills and exercises. This knowledge allows our sailors to handle the potentially catastrophic danger of a fire at sea while continuing to focus on the mission.
October is the Navy’s warfighting month focusing on Navy warfighters, a fast and flexible force deployed worldwide to preserve peace, protect commerce, and deter aggression on, above, and below the sea
Photos below courtesy of the U.S. Navy:
Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Christopher Krickle, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), uses a Navy infrared firefighting thermal imager after fighting a simulated fire during a general quarters drill.
Airman Leah Gunstream leads a firefighting team during a general quarters drill in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Sailors dress in firefighting gear during a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
Damage Controlman 2nd Class Terrel Rowan, left, from Loganville, Ga., checks the integrity of a firefighting ensemble during a damage control training exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95).
Damage Control Fireman Matthew Maglio, left, from New York, uses a hooligan tool to check for hot spots while Damage Controlman 3rd Class Sean Clooney, from Boston, uses the Naval Firefighters Thermal Imager during a fire drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5).
For more information, visit http://www.navy.mil.
