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SEA CADETS KY DIV Sea Cadets Summer Training aboard USS Ashland LSD48 Nine cadets and three adult uniformed leaders of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps Kentucky Division Lexington KY traveled to Norfolk-Little Creek VA for summer training aboard the USS Ashland LSD48. They were able to go aboard the USS Kearsarge LHD3 and the museum Battleship Wisconsin BB64 in Norfolk VA. They ended the week in Washington DC. The unit is sponsored by NAVY LEAGUE of the U.S. Central KY Council and supported by BLUEGRASS MILITARY AFFAIRS COALITION.  Cadets receiving a deck seamanship lesson on the museum Battleship Wisconsin BB64 in Norfolk VA  Walking under The Big Guns of the Battleship Wisconsin BB64  Cadets at the helm of the museum Battleship Wisconsin BB64 in Norfolk VA  Surface Warfare Officer training cadets on the forecastle of the USS Ashland LSD48  Daily PT for cadets with sailors of the USS Ashland LSD48  A crew member briefs cadets about a LCAC-4 before going aboard.  Cadets learning about LCAC-4 (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) hovercraft  Cadets examine the crawl space on LCAC-4  Cadets learn about deck operations and experience the JLG lift  EM2 explaining about crane operations aboard the USS Ashland LSD48  A crew member teaches a Cadet about charting on the bridge of the USS Ashland LSD48  Cadets receive navigation instruction on the bridge of the USS Ashland LSD48  Cadets take turns in the Captain’s Chair on the bridge of the USS Ashland LSD48  Cadets learn about signal flags of the USS Ashland LSD48  Crew members made it a point to eat with cadets at most of their meals and really made them feel like part of the Ashland family  DCSN helping cadets don the appropriate gear before handling the fire hose of the USS Ashland LSD48  Damage control training aboard the USS Ashland LSD48  Cadets learned the Ten Commandments of Damage Control aboard the USS Ashland LSD48  A cadet does pushups in full FFA gear aboard the USS Ashland LSD48  A cadet signals good news, the oxygen tank works, aboard the USS Ashland LSD48  Rackspace for sailors aboard the USS Ashland LSD48.  USS Kearsarge LHD3 at sea  Cadets prepare to go aboard the USS Kearsarge LHD3 (right); the USS Wasp LHD1 (left)  Cadets learn about flight deck management aboard the USS Kearsarge LHD3  Briefing on the mess deck  Cadets talk to one of the crew members by the ship's bell on the quarterdeck of USS Kearsarge LHD3  KY Division visiting NAVY LEAGUE of the U.S. and U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Headquarters on Wilson Boulevard in Alexandria VA  Cadets and leaders with some of the NHQ staff, who provide the backbone for this cadet military career exploration program  KY Division at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington VA  A Sea Cadet with The Lone Sailor at the Navy Memorial in Washington DC  KY Division visits the south lawn of The White House in Washington DC
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