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The Moral Welfare and Recreation (MWR) department aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy (CV 67) sponsors camel rides for Sailors in the oasis during the crews recent port visit to Jebel Ali.
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Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates (Sept. 10, 2004) - The Moral Welfare and Recreation (MWR) department aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy (CV 67) sponsors camel rides for Sailors in the oasis during the crews recent port visit to Jebel Ali. The oasis referred to as the "Sand Box" is an area where Sailors can take advantage of athletic, laundry and telephone facilities along with a variety of food venders. Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are operating in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Units attached to the Kennedy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) are working closely with Multi-National Corps-Iraq and Iraqi forces to bring stability to the sovereign government of Iraq. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Regina Wiss File# 040910-N-1205W-002
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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