WELCOME TO DAILY NEWS UPDATE, I'M PETTY OFFICER DUSTIN DIAZ, AND THESE ARE YOUR HEADLINES AROUND THE FLEET. U-S-S MAKIN ISLAND BECAME THE FLEET'S FIRST HYBRID-POWERED AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP WHEN IT WAS COMMISSIONED IN SAN DIEGO SATURDAY. ITS' NEW CAPABILITIES WILL SAVE THE NAVY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FUEL COSTS. THE SHIP WAS SPONSORED BY SILKE HAY-GEE, WIFE OF FORMER MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL MICHAEL HAY-GEE. THE NAVY TEAMED UP WITH COALITION PARTNERS TO RESCUE AN OVERBOARD CIVILIAN MARINER IN THE PERSIAN GULF SUNDAY. U-S-S BENFOLD RECEIVED A DISTRESS CALL AND DIRECTED A LYNX HELICOPTER ABOARD H-M-S KENT, A BRITISH FRIGATE, TO SEARCH FOR THE MARINER. ONCE FOUND, HE WAS MEDICALLY EVALUATED ABOARD BENFOLD AND SAFELY RETURNED TO HIS OWN VESSEL. FROM WASHINGTON, I'M PETTY OFFICER DUSTIN DIAZ.