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Sailors and Marines render honors to the National Ensign at the commencement of a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) swearing-in ceremony.
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Coronado, Calif. (Aug. 22, 2006) Sailors and Marines render honors to the National Ensign at the commencement of a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) swearing-in ceremony on the flight deck aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). More than 85 service members from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard from 29 countries around the world participated in the naturalization ceremony. Ronald Reagan is currently pier-side in its homeport at Naval Air Station North Island. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Blachly File# 060822-N-0555B-057
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.
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