23 May 2016 Wasp Sailor Baptized at Sea Members of the USS Wasp crew witnessed one of the Navy's oldest traditions as a Sailor was baptized aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) May 20...
23 May 2016 Wasp Medical Excels In Mass Casualty Drill Amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) integrated medical team set a new benchmark during a mass casualty drill, May 14...
20 May 2016 Powerful Pitches: Sailors Share Ideas to Improve Navy during S&T Challenge At Athena DC 1.0, a challenge styled in the fashion of the "Shark Tank" TV show, five Sailors pitched their ideas for improving the Navy to a panel of experts and an audience of representatives from academia, industry, the military, and government agencies, officials announced May 20...
20 May 2016 Navy's Public Works Professionals: "Always There" Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast public works professionals celebrated National Public Works Week (NPWW) May 15-21...
20 May 2016 Bataan Honors Death March Survivor Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) hosted a dedication ceremony in honor of Alcide "Bull" Benini, a World War II combat veteran and Bataan Death March survivor, May 20...
20 May 2016 Future USS Zumwalt will have San Diego Homeport The Navy announced today the future next-generation guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is scheduled to be homeported at Naval Base San Diego following its commissioning in fall 2016. Zumwalt is scheduled to arrive in San Diego in late 2016...
20 May 2016 7 Sailors Keep Boxer Cool While USS Boxer operates in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, temperatures often exceed 100 degrees and make it difficult to keep the ship cool...
20 May 2016 USS New Orleans Hosts Steel Beach Picnic Amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) hosted a steel beach picnic on the flight deck, May 17, to give Sailors and Marines a chance to relax for a few hours in the middle of their deployment...
20 May 2016 MCM Sailors Prepare for Improved Future of Minehunting Eighteen mine countermeasure Sailors completed two-week AN/AQS-24B sonar upgrade operator and maintenance training hosted by Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division May 13...
19 May 2016 VAQ 133 Names Sailors of the Quarter The Wizards of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133 honored four Sailors as "Sailors of the Quarter" for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 during their first deployment as a Growler squadron...