Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick D. West talks with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt's (CVN 71) Executive Officer and Command Master Chief.

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Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick D. West talks with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt's (CVN 71) Executive Officer and Command Master Chief.

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Jan. 19, 2012) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick D. West talks with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Executive Officer Douglas Verissimo and Command Master Chief Jack Callison during the ship's mentorship fair. Some of the issues addressed at the fair were fitness, nutrition, financial stability, mental health, and spirituality. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyrell K. Morris) File# 120119-N-NB178-010

Carriers

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.