Machinist's Mate Fireman Tahima Brown poses for a portrait while waiting to be called to participate in a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 20, 2016) Machinist's Mate Fireman Tahima Brown poses for a portrait while waiting to be called to participate in a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). GHWB is currently conducting Tailored Ship's Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP). GHWB is currently conducting Tailored Ship's Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP). TSTA prepares the ship and crew for full integration into a carrier strike group through a wide range of mission-critical operations and is assessed by Afloat Training Group Norfolk. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sean Hurt) File# 160920-N-AF077-075
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.