Chief Petty Officer (Selectees) participate in the group exercise dubbed the weakest link.
Summary
Pacific Ocean (Aug. 06, 2004) Chief Petty Officer (Selectees) participate in the group exercise dubbed "the weakest link" during an early morning physical training session in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is currently conducting local operations in preparation for an its upcoming scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth A. Bartneck File# 040806-N-9951B-091
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.