Aircraft carrier decontamination
March 24, 2011
US Navy sailors conduct a wash down of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, off the Japanese coast, as part of efforts to decontaminate the vessel from radioactive plume it hit on 13 March while conducting a relief mission. USS Ronald Reagan Commander Ron Rutan said the contamination would not pose a health risk, but should be eliminated nevertheless.
Submarine surfaces above the ice
March 24, 2011
Sailors and members of the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station clear ice from the hatch of the Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut as it surfaces above the ice in the Arctic. Picture US NAVY
