Aerial view of the forward 5-inch/38 mount crew on board Gearing-class destroyer USS Higbee rushing to bombard North Vietnamese coastal targets during Operation Sea Dragon circa 1967
As U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth arrives in Norfolk, Virginia, the USS Gerald R. Ford has arrived back home after a 300+ day deployment. The Ford and accompanying vessels took part in combat operations in two combatant commands (COCOM) in that time, SOUTHCOM and CENTCOM.
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Hanging out, quite literally. During WWII, space aboard Royal Navy escort carriers was at such a premium that Fleet Air Arm crews had to get creative with aircraft storage. So they came up with outrigger parking rails. Aircraft like these Grumman Martlets (F4F Wildcat) would be wheeled right to the edge of the flight deck with their tail gear locked onto narrow rails, leaving the entire tail section hanging out over the sea. It looked absolutely precarious, and it probably was, but it allowed crews to squeeze more fighters onboard. It was a risky but highly effective solution.