These are the most incredible photos of the US Navy in 2017
Sailors create snow angels on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 7 after returning home from a deployment.
The USS John S. McCain conducts a patrol in the South China Sea on January 22 while supporting security efforts in the region.
A member of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 traverses a mud-filled pit while participating in the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Okinawa, Japan on February 17.
A US Navy Hawkeye surveillance plane lands on the USS Carl Vinson following a patrol off the disputed South China Sea on March 3.
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island transits the Arabian Sea on March 3.
An electrician's mate fireman and damage controlman fireman practice pipe-patching drills during a damage control training team exercise on the flight deck of the USS Barry on March 5.
Members of the Leap Frogs, a US Navy Parachute Team, jump out of a C-130 Hercules during a skydiving demonstration above Biloxi High School on April 6.
The USS Porter conducts strike operations from the Mediterranean Sea that were part of the cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7.
Sailors assigned to Underwater Construction Team 2 conduct a pier inspection in Apra Harbor, Guam on June 13.
Darrold Martin is presented with a flag on August 9 by Navy Vice Adm. Thomas Moore during the funeral for his son, Petty Officer Xavier Alec Martin, who was aboard the USS Fitzgerald.
A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, which was successfully intercepted by SM-6 missiles fired from the USS John Paul Jones on August 29.
A Naval aircrewman rescues two dogs at Pine Forrest Elementary School, a shelter that required evacuation after flood waters from Hurricane Harvey reached its grounds on August 31.
The USS Oscar Austin fires its Mark 45 5-inch gun during a live-fire exercise in the Arctic Circle on September 12.
A sailor interacts with students during a community engagement event at Lumut Naval Base in Malaysia on September 20.
A Naval aircrewman comforts a Puerto Rican evacuee following the landfall of Hurricane Maria on September 25.
Sailors bring the USS Washington to life during the commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class attack submarine at Naval Station Norfolk on October 7.
US Navy search and rescue swimmers assigned to the USS Howard save a loggerhead sea turtle entangled in a half-sunken fishing boat on October 16.
Seabees fill a crater using a ‘Super Sack’ during a rapid airfield damage repair exercise on October 17.
A sailor assigned to the USS Wasp reunites with her grandma (right) and her aunt during a family assessment in Puerto Rico on October 25 in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Sailors man the rails of the USS Oscar Austin as the ship departs Oslo, Norway, following a port visit on October 31.
The USS Nimitz, Reagan and Roosevelt aircraft carriers and their strike groups in the Pacific Ocean on November 12.
A sailor signals the launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan on November 18.
Airmen install a bleed air valve on an F/A-18C Hornet in the hangar bay of the USS Theodore Roosevelt on December 4.
A sailor returning home from a deployment aboard the USS Nimitz in support of Operation Inherent Resolve kisses his wife on December 10.
A US Navy diver performs underwater cutting operations using a Broco torch on a mooring system in Guam on December 12.
The new USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier transits the Atlantic Ocean on December 13.
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