Vietnamese Ministry Of Defense Officials Visit Stennis

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 22, 2009) Rear Adm. Mark Vance, commander, Carrier Strike Group Three, welcomes Senior Col. Do Minh Tuan, Deputy Chief of Staff for the Vietnam People's Armed Forces Air Defense Force, aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean (U.S. Navy photo byMass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman/Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 22, 2009) Rear Adm. Mark Vance, commander, Carrier Strike Group Three, welcomes Senior Col. Do Minh Tuan, Deputy Chief of Staff for the Vietnam People's Armed Forces Air Defense Force, aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean (U.S. Navy photo byMass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman/Released)

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Da Nang Port Visit

Da Nang, Vietnam (Oct. 19, 2008) Lt. Cmdr. Donald Marks, executive officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89), gives a stuffed animal to a student of the Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for Disabled Children in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Mustin, with a crew of approximately 300 Sailors, is in Vietnam for a scheduled port visit.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Charles Oki/Released)