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Vice Adm. Joseph Mallo delivers remarks at the 2015 Military Times Service Members of the Year ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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WASHINGTON (Jul. 21, 2015) Vice Adm. Joseph Mallo, deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and recourses, delivers remarks at the 2015 Military Times Service Members of the Year ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Navy's honoree, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Sara Freeman, was selected over dozens of other submissions after being nominated by her chain of command aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tim D. Godbee) File# 150721-N-SK590-040
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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