Time off from the war for sailors

Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser

Seaman Gerret Grim, Petty Officer 2nd Class Lerone Simms and Seaman Jeremy Lapham stroll along Kuhio Beach in Waikiki.

The sailors are shipmates aboard the USS Carl Vinson, an aircraft carrier that recently returned from duty in the waters off Central Asia, where it launched air strikes against Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan.