photo: Creative Commons
Aluminum crochet hooks
photo: Creative Commons / Motmit
Penton Hook Island River Thames Laleham
photo: AP Photo/Trevor Long-Sea World
bottlenose dolphin
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate Airman Dustin R. Gates
Aviation Ordanancemen hook up artillery storage bins to an MH-60S Knighthawk.
photo: Creative Commons / Ingolfson
Sandy Hook artillery
A bugler plays TAPS during a wreath laying ceremony held on the flight deck in memorial of Captain Franklin Hooks II
photo: US Coastguard / U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer Seth Johnson
Petty Officer 3rd Class Felix Moreau and Seaman Louis Lopez of Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook, N.J., call out directions during a heavy weather man overboard drill off the coast of New Jersey, January 8, 2009. The man overboard drill was one of three drills that took place today to train rescue crews during harsh conditions. Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook routinely drills in heavy weather to be prepared for rescuing mariners during incliment weather. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer Seth Jo
Sailors and Marines bow their heads in respect during a wreath laying ceremony held on the flight deck in honor of Capt. Franklin Hooks II
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joe Painter (
As the jet blast deflectors retracts, flight deck personnel get ready to hook up the next aircraft on catapult 2.
photo: US Navy
A T-45A Goshawk makes a final approach with tail hook down during an arrested landing
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate Airman Ricardo J. Reyes
An Aviation Boatswain's Mate assigned to Air Department runs away from an aircraft after hooking it to one of the catapults.
photo: Creative Commons
Ancillary tools
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elizabeth Merriam
Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Timothy Long and Construction Mechanic Constructionman Michael Gibbs hook a winch to a capsized trailer .
Sailors and Marines salute while a wreath is committed into the Atlantic Ocean during a wreath laying ceremony held on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in memory of Capt. Franklin Hooks II
The Rifle Team assigned to Marine Fighter-Attack Squadron One One Five (VMFA-115) stand ready for a twenty-one gun salute during a wreath laying ceremony held on the flight deck in memory of Captain Franklin Hooks II
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain
Aviation Ordnancemen hook up a pallet of bombs to a hovering CH-46 Sea Knight.
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson
Landing Signal Officers watch as an F-14B Tomcat catches an arresting wire with its tail hook.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wilyanna C. Harper (
Aviation Ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) hook ammunition to an MH-60S Seahawk assigned to the
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans
Hook runners carry steel bars used to guide arresting gear cables off the flight deck after a fixed-wing recovery cycle aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
photo: Creative Commons / Briandykes
Bluegill from Lake Lanier, Landrum, SC. (Caught & Released, June 14, 2004)
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wilyanna C. Harper
Aviation ordnancemen aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) prepare to hook ammunition to an MH-60S Seahawk.
photo: army.mil
Safety Officer's Invention Saves Humvee-Trapped Soldiers
photo: army.mil
Safety Officer's Invention Saves Humvee-Trapped Soldiers
Pilots assigned to Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) perform a Missing Man Flyover formation, above USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
Pilots assigned to Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) perform a Missing Man Flyover formation, above USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
photo: U.S. Air Force
F-16 maintainers make sure curtain gets raised
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ron Reeves
A final checker gets in place as an E-2C Hawkeye from the Golden Hawks of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Two (VAW-112) prepares to be hooked.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ron Reeves
Aviation Ordnancemen hook a pallet to an HH-60H Seahawk from the Eightballers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eight (HS-8) on the flight deck aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
photo: Creative Commons / Sabine's Sunbird
A Shiny Cowbird chick being fed by a Rufous-collared Sparrow
photo: AP / Alex Cave, Royal Navy
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