Keywords: USS Makin Island participates in San Francisco Fleet Week 121005-N-UE944-012.jpg en Vice Adm Matthew Nathan surgeon general of the Navy and chief of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery meets with medical department sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island LHD 8 during San Francisco Fleet Week 2012 SFFW 12 is scheduled from Oct 3-8 and brings more than 2 500 sailors Marines and Coast Guardsmen from four ships to the city of San Francisco in order to highlight the personnel technology and capabilities of the sea services The U S Navy has a 237-year heritage of defending freedom and projecting and protecting U S interests around the globe Join the conversation on social media using warfighting U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andrew D Wiskow 2012-10-05 Andrew Wiskow https //www dvidshub net/image/719508 121005-N-UE944-012 2012-10-11 05 37 SAN FRANCISCO CA US PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Makin Island LHD-8 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ Matthew L Nathan |