01 February 2018 Importance of IET The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) maintains its own team of damage control specialists, the in-port emergency team (IET), which acts as the initial response to shipboard casualties...
31 January 2018 Navy Information Warfare Pavilion to be Featured at WEST 2018 U.S. Navy Information Warfare (IW) will be featured at WEST 2018 at the San Diego Convention Center from Feb. 6-8...
31 January 2018 Truman Holds 24-hour Suicide Prevention Marathon Sailors aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) held a 24-hour marathon in the ship's hangar bay, to get the word out about suicide prevention from Jan. 30-31...
31 January 2018 Exercise Cutlass Express 2018 Begins Maritime forces from East Africa, West Indian Ocean nations, Europe, and the United States, as well as several international organizations began the seventh iteration of the annual multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2018, Jan. 31...
31 January 2018 TruBlood: Truman Participates in Blood Drive The Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Blood Bank hosted a three-day blood drive aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) that was completed Jan 29...
31 January 2018 SSC Atlantic Hones Additive Manufacturing Capabilities for Navy Applications Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic engineers and scientists use additive manufacturing to enhance and sustain warfighter capabilities afloat and ashore. They design and create prototypes for new components and for replacement parts, and enhance and modify existing products...
30 January 2018 Keel Laid for Future USNS Miguel Keith The future USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) held a keel laying ceremony Jan. 30 at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard, San Diego...
30 January 2018 Boxer Receives Highest Ever Score on Supply Assessment Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) passed the Supply Management Certification (SMC) 1.1 assessment Jan. 26, with the highest recorded SMC 1.1 score of any ship in the Pacific Fleet - 95.73 percent...
30 January 2018 Look On the Ground It's a Chemical, It's Flammable, It's Dangerous, It's HAZMAT While in refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH), the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington's (CVN 73) hazardous material (HAZMAT) division plays a vital role in the day-to-day operations of the ship...
30 January 2018 Out With the Old, in With the New: Fire Main Maintenance Evolution The Damage Control division came in Jan. 20-21 to segregate the port side fire main from the starboard side, perform mass tag-outs to the port side's fire plugs and valves, and to slowly depressurize the port side's fire main system...