Karl Owen Thomas

14/10/2025

Eyes like the sky, heart like a lion. Always ready for the next big adventure, whether it’s a hike, a game of fetch, or just keeping watch in the backyard. 🌄🐾

03/09/2025

03/09/2025

03/09/2025

U.S. Navy Capt. Karl O. Thomas, right, the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), listens as Susan Cross, at lectern, the chief of chaplains at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, delivers the benediction during a Veterans Day ceremony at the facility in Hampton, Va. The Abraham Lincoln was undergoing its midlife refueling and complex overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding.

03/09/2025

Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of, U.S. 7th Fleet, converse on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), before a ship tour as part of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Fleet Review 2022 in the Sagami Wan, Nov. 6. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

03/09/2025

Capt. Karl O. Thomas, commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), speaks with students from Starbase Atlantis, a Portsmouth, Va.-based science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program. The program works with local elementary schools to increase students' proficiency in math and science and encourages them to use their imaginations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zachary A. Anderson/Released)

03/09/2025

Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision: its practice is an art. Management is of the mind, more a matter of accurate calculation, of statistics, of methods, timetables and routine; its practice is a science. Managers are necessary; leaders are essential.

03/09/2025

Training, Mentoring, and Preparing the Future of Our Navy
It’s a privilege to share knowledge, experience, and guidance with the next generation of leaders. Our greatest strength lies in our people, their readiness, their discipline, and their ability to serve with honor and loyalty. Together, we carry forward a proud tradition of service, forged by those who came before us, and made strong by those who follow.