Karl Owen Thomas

11/12/2025

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

11/12/2025

U.S. Navy Rear Vice Adm. Karl Owen Thomas. honors during the Carrier Strike Group 9 change of command ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71, June 13, 2025. Marks received command from Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander during the ceremony. Theodore Roosevelt, the flagship of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is currently pierside at Naval Air Station North Island in its homeport of San Diego. June 13, 2025. 🇺🇲⚓🫡

11/12/2025

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Karl Owen Thomas. is piped aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry. Roughead was the first commanding officer of Barry when the ship was commissioned in 1992. 07.24.2009. 🫡🇺🇲⚓
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— in New York, NY, United States.

11/12/2025

Cmdr. Kevin Byrne, incoming commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry, salutes sideboys as he departs his change of command aboard the ship. Byrne relieved Cmdr. Adolfo Ibarra as Barry's commanding officer. Barry is on a routine deployment conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation missions in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. 06.14.2011. 🫡🇺🇲⚓

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— in New York, NY, United States.

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Capt. Rudder, the ship’s Expeditionary Facility Dog, and Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, pose for a photo after returning from a nine-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations, Aug. 14, 2025. An integral part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet leads naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic, relevant training necessary to execute the U.S. Navy's role across the full spectrum of military operations. U.S. 3rd Fleet works together with allies and partners to advance freedom of navigation and overflight, the rule of law and other principles that underpin security for the Indo-Pacific region. Aug. 14, 2025. 🫡🇺🇲⚓

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11/12/2025

Crew members from the Peruvian submarine BAP Arica SS-36 pose for group photos in front of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maryland SSBN-738 prior to a tour at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., as part of the Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) program. The DESI Program is a U.S. Navy partnership with South American countries and supports their diesel-electric submarine operations and fleet readiness events in operating areas off the U.S. east and west coasts. 10.10.2018. 🇺🇲⚓🫡

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11/12/2025

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Karl Owen Thomas gives remarks before presenting Capt. Adam J. Thomas, former commanding officer, Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Alaska SSBN 732 (Gold), and Cmdr. John W. Keefe, commanding officer, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five (EODMU 5), with the 2022 Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award during a ceremony held in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, November 17, 2022. The Stockdale Leadership Award is presented annually to recognize commanding officers, one from the Pacific Fleet and one from the Atlantic Fleet, who demonstrate inspirational leadership, both professionally and personally, while also contributing to the improvement of leadership in the Navy. 11.17.2022. 🫡🇺🇲⚓

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Capt. Robert Wirth, commodore of Submarine Squadron 20, presents Lt. Cmdr. Carlos Lizardo, an officer assigned to Peruvian Submarine BAP Arica SS-36, with a deployment certificate at Naval Station Mayport, Fl. Each sailor of Arica's crew received the same commendation at the closing ceremony, celebrating 89 days of joint operations with the Arica SS-36 from July to October 2018 as part of the Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) program. The DESI Program is a U.S. Navy partnership with South American countries and supports their diesel-electric submarine operations and fleet readiness events in operating areas off the U.S. east and west coasts. 10.22.2018. 🇺🇲⚓🫡

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