Overnight Embark on the USS John C. Stennis

Our partnership had one of the coolest experiences ever when we got a rare opportunity to spend a night on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the John C. Stennis. Six of us gathered with 11 other guests at the Coronado Naval Air Base in May, and were flown out to the carrier in a COD (Carrier Onboard Delivery), a cargo airplane designed to land on and take off from aircraft carriers. We flew about 100 miles off the California coast on Tuesday and returned the next day after 26 hours on the carrier, during which time the ship engaged in a training exercise preparing the crew to deploy in the Persian Gulf in July….