Dec. 14, 2012 -- Seaman Recruit Guillermo Garciavillareal adjusts the national ensign on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) to half-mast in remembrance of the victims and families impacted by the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

President Barack Obama ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff Friday to honor victims of the mass shooting.

U.S. Navy photo by Sonar Technician 3rd Class Christopher A. Brewer