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Busby House, Whidby Island, Oak Harbor, Island County, WA

Busby House, Whidby Island, Oak Harbor, Island County, WA

Survey number: HABS WA-118 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction

Surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders paid tribute to the U.S. Navy and USS HORNET (CVA 8) during a wreath laying ceremony at the Navy Memorial.  The HORNET was the aircraft carrier from which all the Doolittle flyers flew from during the famous WWII raid. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Madelyn Waychoff) (Released)

Surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders paid tribute to the U.S. Na...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON Scene Camera Oper... More

Surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders paid tribute to the U.S. Navy and USS HORNET (CVA 8) during a wreath laying ceremony at the Navy Memorial.  The HORNET was the aircraft carrier from which all the Doolittle flyers flew from during the famous WWII raid. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Madelyn Waychoff) (Released)

Surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders paid tribute to the U.S. Na...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON Scene Camera Oper... More

Mayor of Oak Harbor, Washington, Al Koette and his wife participate in the christening ceremony for a DC-9 aircraft being named City of Oak Harbor

Mayor of Oak Harbor, Washington, Al Koette and his wife participate in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 J.T. Lorig Release St... More

Auld Holland Inn, Oak Harbor, Washington

Auld Holland Inn, Oak Harbor, Washington

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Jim Stansell, president of Pearl Harbor Survivors

Jim Stansell, president of Pearl Harbor Survivors

Jim Stansell, president of Pearl Harbor Survivors Association North Cascades Chapter 5, and Cmdr. Joseph DiGuardo, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11, render honors as the colors are... More

160622-N-DC740-007 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (June 22, 2016)

160622-N-DC740-007 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (June 22, 2016)

160622-N-DC740-007 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (June 22, 2016) Sailors from Patrol Squadron (VP) 30 attach a tow bar to a P-8 Poseidon preparing to move it into Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10's newly renovated hangar ... More

Jim Stansell, Pearl Harbor survivor and President of

Jim Stansell, Pearl Harbor survivor and President of

Jim Stansell, Pearl Harbor survivor and President of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Chapter Five, and Cmdr. Lew Callaway, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, salute during colors at the Pe... More

Pearl Harbor Commemoration

Pearl Harbor Commemoration

Lt. Peter Ott, a chaplain assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI), strikes the bell in honor of those who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor during the Pearl Harbor Commemoration held in the ch... More

161021-N-DC740-006 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Oct. 21, 2016)

161021-N-DC740-006 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Oct. 21, 2016)

161021-N-DC740-006 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Oct. 21, 2016) Capt. Andy Miller, officer-in-charge, West Coast P-8 Integration Team, Patrol Squadron 30, explains the capabilities and mission of the P-8 Poseidon during a... More

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Mar. 30, 2018) — Patrol Squadron

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Mar. 30, 2018) — Patrol Squadron

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Mar. 30, 2018) — Patrol Squadron (VP) 47's chiefs' mess pose for a picture in celebration of the 125th birthday of the chief petty officer (CPO). VP-47 joins CPOs across the globe by taking p... More

Cecil Calavan, a Pearl Harbor survivor from USS Utah

Cecil Calavan, a Pearl Harbor survivor from USS Utah

Cecil Calavan, a Pearl Harbor survivor from USS Utah (AG 16), lays a carnation at a replica of the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) after a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. T... More

Cecil Calavan, a Pearl Harbor survivor, and his family

Cecil Calavan, a Pearl Harbor survivor, and his family

Cecil Calavan, a Pearl Harbor survivor, and his family watch an EA-18G Growler land during a tour of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Calavan served on the Florida class battleship USS Utah (BB-31) as a Seaman... More

161207-N-DC740-009 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 7, 2016)

161207-N-DC740-009 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 7, 2016)

161207-N-DC740-009 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 7, 2016) Petty Officer 2nd Class Carrie McGhee and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Berrera hold up the national ensign during a Pearl Harbor commemoration in the base ... More

160624-N-DC740-012 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (June 24, 2016)

160624-N-DC740-012 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (June 24, 2016)

160624-N-DC740-012 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (June 24, 2016) Capt. Brett Mietus, commodore, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10, speaks to guests during a tour of a P-8 Poseidon for local officials, Navy League members, ... More

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Charles Winter, from Mercer

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Charles Winter, from Mercer

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Charles Winter, from Mercer Island, Wash., assigned to Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, performs “Taps” during the Pearl Harbor commemoration held in the chapel of Naval Air Station Whidbe... More

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Seaplane Base Pearl Harbor Commemoration Ceremony

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Seaplane Base Pearl Harbor Commemorat...

Capt. Theodore Lucas, commodore of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 1, speaks during the Pearl Harbor Commemoration Ceremony at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Seaplane Base. The event marked the... More

Capt. Mike Nortier, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Capt. Mike Nortier, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Capt. Mike Nortier, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) commanding officer, speaks during the Pearl Harbor Commemoration held in the chapel of NASWI. The event marked the 73rd anniversary of the Dec. 7, 19... More

Capt. Mike Nortier, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Capt. Mike Nortier, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Capt. Mike Nortier, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) commanding officer, speaks during the Pearl Harbor Commemoration held in the chapel of NASWI. The event marked the 73rd anniversary of the Dec. 7, 19... More

Ribbon cutting - Defense imagery management operations center

Ribbon cutting - Defense imagery management operations center

Scott Steil, Navy Region Northwest (NRNW) Fire and Emergency Services assistant chief of operations, gives Capt. Gerral David, Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island commanding officer, a safety brief on proper... More

160916-N-DC740-004 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Sept. 16, 2016)

160916-N-DC740-004 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Sept. 16, 2016)

160916-N-DC740-004 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Sept. 16, 2016) Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Command Master Chief Shane Cardon speaks during a Chief Petty Officer pinning ceremony at NASWI. The CPO pinning ceremony i... More

Sailors thank Pearl Harbor survivors for their service

Sailors thank Pearl Harbor survivors for their service

Sailors thank Pearl Harbor survivors for their service following the Pearl Harbor Commemoration held in the chapel of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The event marked the 73rd anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 ... More

151207-N-DC740-012 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 7, 2015)

151207-N-DC740-012 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 7, 2015)

151207-N-DC740-012 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Dec. 7, 2015) Allan G. McKay, a child survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack and president of the North Cascade Chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association and Jared Hun... More

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Pearl Harbor commemoration

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Pearl Harbor commemoration

Capt. Mike Nortier, commanding officer of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI), and Gayle Vyskocil, widow of Pearl Harbor survivor Lt. Cmdr. James Vyskocil and vice president of the North Cascade chapter of... More

A US Navy (USN) Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) range safety officer (RSO) shows Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Darren Hanson, from the EOD Mobil Unit 17 Oak Harbor, Washington, how well he fired after an enemy attack scenario during his Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle familiarization training in Valdez, Alaska

A US Navy (USN) Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) range safety office...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A US Navy (USN) Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) range safety officer (RSO) puts Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Darren Hanson, from the EOD Mobil Unit 17 Oak Harbor, Washington, through an enemy attack scenario during his Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle familiarization training in Valdez, Alaska

A US Navy (USN) Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) range safety office...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Veterans from the city of Oak Harbor, Washington remember their heroes during an Independence Day parade.

Veterans from the city of Oak Harbor, Washington remember their heroes...

Oak Harbor, Wash. (Jul. 07, 2003) Veterans from the city of Oak Harbor, Washington remember their heroes during an Independence Day parade. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class John D. Hamill. File... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, Sonar Technician 3rd Class Stefan Reed assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit One One (EOD-11) Oak Harbor, Wash., leaps from a SH-60 Helicopter .

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, Sonar Technician 3rd Class Ste...

.jpg Atlantic Ocean (Jun. 24, 2004) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, Sonar Technician 3rd Class Stefan Reed assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit One One (EOD-11) Oak Harbor, Wash., leaps from... More

 Builder 2nd Class Tony Conlon, of Oak Harbor, Wash., performs an operational test on a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB).

Builder 2nd Class Tony Conlon, of Oak Harbor, Wash., performs an oper...

Cresent Harbor, Whidbey Island, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2004) Builder 2nd Class Tony Conlon, of Oak Harbor, Wash., performs an operational test on a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) in Cresent Harbor, at the Sea Plane... More

Honor Guard members from the Ohio Air National Guard 180th Fighter Wing, based at Toledo Express Airport, Ohio, rehearse presenting the colors before a send off ceremony for the Ohio Air National Guard 200th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Squadron at the Oak Harbor High School in Oak Harbor, Ohio on Dec. 28, 2004. (USAF PHOTO By SSgt Beth Slater) (Released)

Honor Guard members from the Ohio Air National Guard 180th Fighter Win...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor High School State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Beth Slater, USAF Release Status: Re... More

Members of the Ohio Air National Guard 200th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Squadron enjoy a meal before their send off ceremony at Oak Harbor High School in Oak Harbor, Ohio, on Dec. 28, 2004. (USAF PHOTO By SSgt Beth Slater) (Released)

Members of the Ohio Air National Guard 200th Rapid Engineer Deployable...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor High School State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Beth Slater, USAF Release Status: Re... More

U.S. Air Force LT.. COL. Robert Krichbaum and his 555th Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes perform patriotic music during the send off ceremony for the Ohio Air National Guard 200th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Squadron at the Oak Harbor High School in Oak Harbor, Ohio on Dec. 28, 2004. (USAF PHOTO By SSgt Beth Slater) (Released)

U.S. Air Force LT.. COL. Robert Krichbaum and his 555th Air National G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor High School State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Beth Slater, USAF Release Status: Re... More

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate Fuels 2nd Class Joshua Karr, receives a Influenza Virus Vaccine Live, Intranasal Flu Mist from Hospital Corpsman Nicole McQueen. The hospital corpsman from Naval Hospital Oak Harbor visited Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., to administer the Flu vaccine. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate Fuels 2nd Class Joshua Karr, recei...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene ... More

U.S. Navy Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Jason O'Brien, greets Commander 3rd Fleet, Vice Adm. Barry Costello (left) and CMDR. Keith Holden.  Vice Adm. Costello was at Whidbey Island, Wash., during his tour of Navy Region Northwest.  (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

U.S. Navy Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Jason O'Brien, greets ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

U.S. Navy Sailors from Electronic Attack Squadron U.S. Pacific Fleet, show their Navy spirit while making a video for the halftime show of the Army-Navy football game.  The game is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006, in Philadelphia, Pa.  (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

U.S. Navy Sailors from Electronic Attack Squadron U.S. Pacific Fleet, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

U.S. Navy Builder 1ST Class Steve Peck, loads a sand bag to help construct a dike in front of the City of Anacortes Water Treatment Plant. The dike was being built to prevent flooding from the Skagit River, Wash. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar (Released)

U.S. Navy Builder 1ST Class Steve Peck, loads a sand bag to help const...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

A sandbag wall, built by U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Naval Air Station (NAS), Whidbey Island, Wash., runs along the Skagit River and an existing dike to raise its height.  (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

A sandbag wall, built by U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Naval Air Stati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

U.S. Navy Builder 1ST Class Steve Peck and Builder 1ST Class Dirk Wehking, prepare sand bags to help construct a dike in front of the City of Anacortes Water Treatment Plant.  The height of the dike was being raised to prevent flooding from the Skagit River. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar (Released)

U.S. Navy Builder 1ST Class Steve Peck and Builder 1ST Class Dirk Wehk...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

Downtown Mount Vernon, Wash., braces for flooding from the rising Skagit River.  (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

Downtown Mount Vernon, Wash., braces for flooding from the rising Skag...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Naval Air Station (NAS), Whidbey Island, Wash., perform the'Passing of the Flag'ceremony at Oak Harbor Middle School. (U. S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Naval Air Station (NAS), Whidbey Island,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

U.S. Navy CAPT. Syd Abernethy, Commanding Officer Naval Air Station (NAS), Whidbey Island, Wash., Martha Rose (center), Executive Director Island Transit and Pat Powell, Executive Director of the Whidbey Camano Island Trust, commemorate the purchasing of the Plum Creek conifer seed orchard. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

U.S. Navy CAPT. Syd Abernethy, Commanding Officer Naval Air Station (N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

Washington State Trooper, David Martin (right), displays a body bag to Culinary SPECIALIST 3rd Class Hawk Ivie (left) and Electrician's Mate 1ST Class Marcus Falcon.  Trooper Martin visited the Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey, to give a presentation on safe driving during the holiday season. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

Washington State Trooper, David Martin (right), displays a body bag to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

U.S. Navy Culinary SPECIALIST SEAMAN Ashley Moody, scoops mashed potatoes onto a plate during Thanksgiving dinner.  Culinary specialists at the Admiral Nimitz Hall, on Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island's base galley, prepare the meals for active duty members, retirees and their families. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

U.S. Navy Culinary SPECIALIST SEAMAN Ashley Moody, scoops mashed potat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

A U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler electronic attack aircraft sits on a snow covered parking ramp, at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Wash.  (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar (Released)

A U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler electronic attack aircraft sits on a snow co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

U.S. Navy P-3 Orion Maritime Patrol aircraft sit on a snow covered paring ramp, at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Wash.  (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar (Released)

U.S. Navy P-3 Orion Maritime Patrol aircraft sit on a snow covered par...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

Assembled (left to right) are, Jerry Wachsmuth, Jim Stansell, U.S. Marine Corps COL. William Flannery, Commanding Officer of Aviation Training Support, Group 53 and Jim Vyskocic, to honor fallen heroes by laying a wreath into the water, at Whidbey Island, Wash.  Watchsmuth, Stansell and Vyskocic are members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Chapter 5. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

Assembled (left to right) are, Jerry Wachsmuth, Jim Stansell, U.S. Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

U.S. Navy Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Rear Adm. Donald Bullard, speaks to members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11, during his visit to the unit at Whidbey Island, Wash.  (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Bruce McVicar) (Released)

U.S. Navy Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Rear Adm. Dona...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA Scene Came... More

Bronze Star, US Navy Photogrpah

Bronze Star, US Navy Photogrpah

Rear Adm. Robert Passmore, vice commander of Navy Reserve Forces Command, talks to members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 during an awards ceremony held at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. Passm... More

Holly Jolly Holiday Concert, Washington State

Holly Jolly Holiday Concert, Washington State

Navy Band Northwest Big Band, "Cascade," plays "Holly and the Ivy/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" at the Holly, Jolly Holiday concert held in Parker Hall of Oak Harbor High School. The free, all ages event was the... More

January Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce Luncheon

January Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce Luncheon

Dick Devlin, Oak Harbor Navy League president; Jim Slowik, Mayor of Oak Harbor; and Capt. Gerral David, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island commanding officer, recite the "Pledge of Allegiance" at the opening of t... More

Dick Devlin, Oak Harbor Navy League president, Jim Slowik, Mayor of Oak Harbor, and Capt. Gerral David, Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island commanding officer, recite the

Dick Devlin, Oak Harbor Navy League president, Jim Slowik, Mayor of Oa...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Jan. 17, 2008) Dick Devlin, Oak Harbor Navy League president, Jim Slowik, Mayor of Oak Harbor, and Capt. Gerral David, Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island commanding officer, recite the "P... More

Sailor jump out of MH-60S

Sailor jump out of MH-60S

Lt. Zachary Sheets, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11, jumps out of a Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue MH-60S Seahawk into Crescent Harbor during a training exercise.

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island holds marathons

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island holds marathons

Petty Officer 1st Class Lance Tanner assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue, crosses the finish line of the Nature's Path Whidbey Island Marathon/Half-Marathon at Wildcat Memorial Stadiu... More

Members of the Marine Aviation Training Support Group 53 color guard march down Bayshore Drive during the Holland Happening parade in Oak Harbor.

Members of the Marine Aviation Training Support Group 53 color guard m...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Apr. 26, 2008) Members of the Marine Aviation Training Support Group 53 color guard march down Bayshore Drive during the Holland Happening parade in Oak Harbor. This year marked the 39th Holl... More

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

080520-N-9860Y-005 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (May 20, 2008) ? Aviation Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Jimmy Stewart, of Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Port Angeles, prepares an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter for transit t... More

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

080520-N-9860Y-003 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (May 20, 2008) ? Coast Guardsman of Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Port Angeles, prepare an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter for transit to Hawaii on Naval Air Station Whidbey Isla... More

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

080520-N-9860Y-004 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (May 20, 2008) ? Aviation Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Clayton Ruder, of Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Port Angeles, prepares an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter for transit t... More

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

080520-N-9860Y-001 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (May 20, 2008) ? Aviation Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Jimmy Stewart, of Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Port Angeles, prepares an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter for transit t... More

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

080520-N-9860Y-002 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (May 20, 2008) ? Chief Aviation Maintenance Technician Tony Johnson, of Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Port Angeles, prepares an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter for transit to Haw... More

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

Coast Guard helicopter transferred to Hawaii Air Station

080522-N-5123P-001 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (May 20, 2008) ? Coast Guardsman of Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Port Angeles, load an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter into a C-130 Hercules for transit to Hawaii on Naval Air S... More

Helicopter exercise, US Navy Photogrpah

Helicopter exercise, US Navy Photogrpah

Lt. Cmdr. Werner Rauchenstein, a search and rescue (SAR) pilot, poses in front of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter before a training exercise at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island. NAS Whidbey Island SAR's pri... More

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

An aerial view of Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Charles Whetstine/Released)

Air medals awarded to five air crew members for mountain rescue

Air medals awarded to five air crew members for mountain rescue

Nate Patterson presents Chief Petty Officer Greg Highfill, hospital corpsman, with an Air Medal for his efforts in his son's rescue during an awards ceremony at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Jake was rescue... More

US COAST GUARD Ice Rescue

US COAST GUARD Ice Rescue

Oak Harbor, Ohio -- A Coast Guard 20-foot Ice-Rescue air boat patrols the area around the ice floe from which 134 fishermen were rescued, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Air boats are assests unique to the Great Lakes ... More

U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy  Rick

U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick

U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West talks with sailors from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island during the individual augmentee symposium April 30, 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communicat... More

Cmdr. Joseph DiGuardo, Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Cmdr. Joseph DiGuardo, Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Cmdr. Joseph DiGuardo, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 outgoing commanding officer, of Fallston, Md., speaks to those in attendance at the EODMU-11 change of command ceremony on the Naval Air... More

Final flight - Defense imagery management operations center

Final flight - Defense imagery management operations center

Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Jackson, of Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CVWP), and Lt. Cmdr. Jared Bradel, of CVWP, board Electronic Attack Squadron 129's EA-6B Prowler 907 for the aircraft's final flight on ... More

Consolidated fuel farm, Washington State

Consolidated fuel farm, Washington State

Capt. Gerral David, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island commanding officer, speaks to those in attendance at the opening of NAS Whidbey Island's new consolidated fuel farm, Sept. 21. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Commu... More

Capt. Tom Slais, commodore of Electronic Attack Wing,

Capt. Tom Slais, commodore of Electronic Attack Wing,

Capt. Tom Slais, commodore of Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 132 Sailors and guests during a Safe For Flight ceremony, Oct. 2. The ceremony marked the cul... More

Win Stites, PBY Memorial Foundation president, shows

Win Stites, PBY Memorial Foundation president, shows

Win Stites, PBY Memorial Foundation president, shows Vice Adm. Michael Vitale, commander, Navy Installations Command, and Rear Adm. James Symonds, commander, Navy Region Northwest, a PBY Catalina .30 caliber gu... More

Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island Sailors enjoy

Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island Sailors enjoy

Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island Sailors enjoy a lunch with Vice Adm. Michael Vitale, commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), Rear Adm. James Symonds, commander Navy Region Northwest and Force Maste... More

Bomb training, US Navy Photogrpah

Bomb training, US Navy Photogrpah

Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class (AW/SW) Burton Vennas gives hands-on training on installing a Guided Control Unit onto a GBU-24 2000-pound guided bomb. The trainer is designed to help prepare Aviation Ordnancem... More

SOY recognition event - A group of men and women in uniform posing for a picture

SOY recognition event - A group of men and women in uniform posing for...

Fifteen Sailors of Year from commands around Naval Air Station Whidbey Island stand to be recognized by their chief petty officer (CPO) leadership during a SOY recognition event hosted by the installation's CPO... More

Homecoming in the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Homecoming in the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class (EWS/FPJ) Seth Bjork, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11, from Ventura, Calif., takes his three-month old son, Carson, in his arms for the fi... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Ulbrich, explosive ordnance

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Ulbrich, explosive ordnance

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Ulbrich, explosive ordnance disposal, left, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Melius, Navy diver, both assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5, perform rappelling o... More

Luminaria lines the edge of the North Whidbey Middle School track during the 2010 Relay For Life fundraiser of North Whidbey in Oak Harbor.

Luminaria lines the edge of the North Whidbey Middle School track duri...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Jun. 04, 2010) Luminaria lines the edge of the North Whidbey Middle School track during the 2010 Relay For Life fundraiser of North Whidbey in Oak Harbor. Relay For Life is a fundraiser held ... More

Sailors return home to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Sailors return home to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Petty Officer 1st Class Rodney Grigsby, an aviation structural mechanic from Bend, Ore., assigned to the "Patriots" of Electronic Attack Squadron 140, is greeted by his wife and children during a homecoming at ... More

Scheduled Maintenance Preparation, Pakistan

Scheduled Maintenance Preparation, Pakistan

Sailors assigned to the Lancers of Electronic Attack Squadron 131 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island prepare to raise the landing gear on an EA-6B Prowler during scheduled maintenance.

Hangar bay tour, US Navy Photogrpah

Hangar bay tour, US Navy Photogrpah

Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet meets with sailors and Department of Defense (DoD) civilians during a tour of the hangar bay of Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. (... More

Site visit, US Navy Photogrpah

Site visit, US Navy Photogrpah

Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, listens as Capt. Garner Morgan, commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing (CPRW) 10 (far left), Cmdr. John Maxwell, commanding officer, Patrol Squadron (VP)... More

Chief petty officer selectees work alongside public works personnel from the City of Oak Harbor as they pull out overgrown weeds during the annual cleaning and inspection of the A-6 Intruder and EA-6B Prowler at the Navy Gateway Park.

Chief petty officer selectees work alongside public works personnel fr...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Sep. 10, 2010) Chief petty officer selectees assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island work alongside public works personnel from the City of Oak Harbor as they pull out overgrown weeds du... More

Chief Petty Officer (Sel.) Rodney Layton, hospital

Chief Petty Officer (Sel.) Rodney Layton, hospital

Chief Petty Officer (Sel.) Rodney Layton, hospital corpsman, from Pocatello, Idaho, assigned to Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, watches as Chief Petty Officer (Sel.) Kimberley Fedvkovich, aviation electrician's mate... More

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

An EA-6B Prowler assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island taxis down the flight line after completing flight operations.

force protection non-lethal weapons course

force protection non-lethal weapons course

Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles J. Bosnak, an aviation machinist's mate from Houghton Lake, Mich., assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, fights off a mock attacker with a baton after being sprayed w... More

Sailors from various commands around the Northwest

Sailors from various commands around the Northwest

Sailors from various commands around the Northwest compete in a race as part of the Command Fitness Leader course at the Gym and Fitness Center at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The five-day course provides ... More

Habitat for Humanity project

Habitat for Humanity project

Sailors assigned to base security at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island lift roof trusses during a Habitat for Humanity building project in the Crosby Commons neighborhood. The project involves 16 commands at Nav... More

Habitat for Humanity project

Habitat for Humanity project

Sailors assigned to base security at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island lift roof trusses during a Habitat for Humanity building project in the Crosby Commons neighborhood. The project involves 16 commands at Nav... More

Vice Adm. Myers Speaks at NAS Whidbey Island

Vice Adm. Myers Speaks at NAS Whidbey Island

Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers, commander of Naval Air Forces and Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks with command ombudsmen and leaders during a meeting at the Nor'Wester Activity Center at Naval Air Station... More

Vice Adm. Myers Visits NAS Whidbey Island

Vice Adm. Myers Visits NAS Whidbey Island

Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers, commander of Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Inabit, from Helena, Mont., assigned to the Vikings of Electronic Attack Squadron 129, make final checks as they ... More

Sailors assigned to various commands at Naval Air Station

Sailors assigned to various commands at Naval Air Station

Sailors assigned to various commands at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island listen as Petty Officer 3rd Class Sean Kelly, hospital corpsman from Sarasota, Fla., an instructor assigned to Aviation Survival Trainin... More

NAS Whidbey Island, US Navy Photogrpah

NAS Whidbey Island, US Navy Photogrpah

Lt. j.g Eric Johnson, left, supervisory general engineer at the Public Works Division of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island; Capt. Jay Johnston, commanding officer of Whidbey Island; Glen Young, director of oper... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Brawning, Naval air

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Brawning, Naval air

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Brawning, Naval air crewman, from Pensacola, Fla., assigned to the Grey Knights of Patrol Squadron (VP) 46, explains functions of in-flight survival gear to children of Naval Ai... More

Landing at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Landing at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

A Douglas A-3 Skywarrior deploys its parachute during a landing at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The non-profit A-3 Skywarrior Memorial Foundation has been instrumental in locating a jet for static display.... More

Basic rider course training

Basic rider course training

Sailors assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island listen to Shawn Olsen, a Navy and Marine Corps traffic safety program instructor, before riding through a basic obstacle course. The basic rider course is ai... More

Sailors learn to properly use a fire extinguisher during

Sailors learn to properly use a fire extinguisher during

Sailors learn to properly use a fire extinguisher during a safety fair at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The fair featured booths to educate sailors and Marines on using operational and individual risk manag... More

Homecoming at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Homecoming at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Alex Bates of Olympia, Wash., assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 "Garudas," holds his daughter during a homecoming at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VA... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Lacey McCue, storekeeper, assigned

Petty Officer 3rd Class Lacey McCue, storekeeper, assigned

Petty Officer 3rd Class Lacey McCue, storekeeper, assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team based in Novato, Calif., transfers supply data during a mock oil spill as part of the U.S. and Canadian joi... More

Career and Education Fair, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Career and Education Fair, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Naval Air Crewman 1st Class Matt Jolley of Seattle, assigned to Reserve Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Six-One (VR-61) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, shakes hands with Adrienne Hart, a representative fr... More

An EA-18G Growler performs an aerial maneuver during

An EA-18G Growler performs an aerial maneuver during

An EA-18G Growler performs an aerial maneuver during the Centennial of Naval Aviation celebration at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Thousands attended the open base celebration for a chance to see vintage ai... More

Lt. Chris Ritter, from Powder Springs, Ga., assigned

Lt. Chris Ritter, from Powder Springs, Ga., assigned

Lt. Chris Ritter, from Powder Springs, Ga., assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139, is greeted by family members during a homecoming ceremony at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island following a seven-mont... More

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