From the classroom to the flight deck, Naval aviation relies on highly skilled Sailors, Marines, and civilian forces to efficiently and effectively achieve the Navy's mission.
Artistic creativity and splashes of color were the themes June 27 as children gathered with their parents and siblings at Naval Hospital Bremerton for the Second Annual Pediatric Department's Children's Art Show.
Rear Adm. Sinclair Harris, commander, U.S. 4th Fleet was a guest speaker at a dedication ceremony of three British 1,120 pound 18th century replica naval deck cannons like the ones used to defend St. Augustine during a British siege in 1740.
The U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) advanced 16 Sailors June 23 through the command advancement program (CAP).
Sailors from guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) volunteered at the Regional Institute for Active Learning school in Adliya, Bahrain, June 19.
Sailors from the Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) volunteered to meet with students at Wettengel Elementary School in Dededo, Guam, July 1.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) entered Dry Dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) June 27, to begin its scheduled Docking Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA).
The Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) unit from Moon Valley High School in Phoenix, repeated as the College Options Navy JROTC champions and then took the All-Service JROTC title at this year's national competition here on the Fairfax Campus of George Mason University, June 23.
Forty-seven Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen were commissioned as naval officers by Capt. Patrick C. Rabun, commanding officer of the University of San Diego/San Diego State University NROTC unit, at the University of San Diego, May 24.
Seven Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 12 were honored at an awards ceremony held at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLCFS), June 27.
The Navy's newest staff family physicians are ready to join the fleet as Naval Hospital Bremerton's Puget Sound Medicine Residency held the annual Family Medicine Resident Graduation Ceremony on June 29.
The Emergency Medicine Residency Program of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth graduated the 2013 class of residents June 26 amidst friends, family and colleagues.