First Place
Let There Be Light
LtCdr Colin Dudeck, Royal Canadian Navy
HMCS Yellowknife sails past Sheringham Point Lighthouse on Vancouver Island. (10 August 2021)
Second Place
Diving Onto A Submarine
MC2 Alex Perlman, U.S. Navy
Navy divers assigned to Naval Special Warfare Command conduct operations with the fast-attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN-777) off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. (18 June 2021)
Third Place
Last Light
MC3 Gray Gibson, U.S. Navy
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Third Class Daniel Peevers signals to an aircraft elevator operator in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) during a replenishment at sea in the Arabian Sea. (4 August 2021)
Honorable Mentions
Setting Sun
MA1 Arthur Hrostowski, U.S. Navy
A 2019 setting sun over Souda Bay, Greece.
Snow Landing
LT Wryan Webb, U.S. Coast Guard
An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from USCG Air Station Traverse City practices snow landings in northern Michigan.
Aleutian Sunset
LCDR Ian Starr, U.S. Coast Guard
The sun sets around midnight in the Gulf of Alaska during the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley’s (WMEC-39) summer 2021 patrol.
Lefka Ori
MA1 Arthur Hrostowski, U.S. Navy
The White Mountains in Greece backdropped behind Souda Bay harbor in 2019.
Snow Landing in Black & White
LT Wryan Webb, U.S. Coast Guard
An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from USCG Air Station Traverse City practices snow landings in northern Michigan.
USS Tulsa (LCS-16)
Troy Vail, U.S. Army veteran
From the fantail of the ex-USS Iowa (BB-61) , the lights from the pier, ship’s deck, and Vincent Thomas Bridge accent the unique design of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship. (30 August 2019)
Cape Disappointment
George Campbell, U.S. Navy veteran
Cape Disappointment, WA. (January 2020)
Centenary Celebration
2LT USMC Grant Hoel
Marine Corps Major John Tashjian celebrates his 100th birthday, 10 July 2021, at the Chino planes of Fame Museum. Major Tashjian is under the nose of a Vought F4U-1 Corsair he flew as a member of VMF-441 in the Marshall Islands in 1944.
Fuel Offload
MC2 Zachary Melvin, U.S. Navy
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuels) Second Class Thomas Watson, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) air department, prepares to offload fuel from one of the fuel sponsons. (17 August 2021)
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
MC3 Jackson Adkins USN
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) completes the third scheduled explosive event of full ship shock trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. (8 August 2021)
This Isn’t Weird, Right?
LCDR Ian Starr, U.S. Coast Guard
A swarm of dragonflies rests on one of the USCGC Aquidneck’s (WPB-1309) halyards in the Arabian Gulf. (2013)
Eternal
Claire Eskdale
Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Maryland. In honor of Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent.
Land, Air, Sea
Midshipman Christian Hall, U.S. Navy
Off the coast of Mayport, Florida. (May 2021–July 2021)
Approaching Storm
Dan Kehlenbach, U.S. Coast Guard veteran
Portland Head Light—Maine. (March 2004)
Channel Islands
BM1 John Rogers, U.S. Coast Guard
Channel Islands Harbor sunset in California.
