Casting Off

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Horner casts off a mooring line as the U.S. Army's Theater Support Vessel-1X USAV Spearhead gets underway from Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 11, 2005, to conduct a capabilities demonstration. The 98-meter aluminum-hulled catamaran can maneuver personnel with their equipment from staging bases to remote locations at speeds of up to 40 knots. Horner, is a Navy cryptological technician-technical assigned to the USS Lake Erie (CG 70). DoD photo by Petty Officer