The bridge is one of the least interesting places on the ship: "Here's where we steer the ship and try not to hit anything."
All told, if you can't open CIC for whatever reason, then the main engine rooms are the most interesting space on the ship. And the repair lockers.
All told, if you can't open CIC for whatever reason, then the main engine rooms are the most interesting space on the ship. And the repair lockers.
It's a nice view from up there, though.
Why does Travis Barker need to have his shirt off on a USO visit

I didn't realize how gosh-damned hilarious these celebrities-on-ships photos are.
Really the USO tour is the luck of the draw. Sometimes you get Tom Hardy and Jessica Biel, other times you get ... Martin Dempsey
Here's Toby Kieth on the Cape St. George performing with the current commander of 4th Fleet, then-Capt. Donald Gabrielson in 2012. Ship looks mighty fine there, RADM Gabrielson.
Toby Keith for me is the soundtrack of regrettable post-9/11 jingoism, but damned if that man wasn't generous with his time for service members. He didn't need to fly out to the Arabian Sea to perform for 200 sailors on a VLS launcher.
Anyway, here's Peyton Manning on the John C. Stennis, telling sailors about the benefits of auto coverage with Nationwide Insurance and the glories of Papa Johns pizza.
Utilities were a proper uniform.