19 October 2017 Kearsarge Builds Better Leaders Leadership skills are formally taught in the Navy to personnel after achieving certain ranks, through programs like the Petty Officer Selectee Leadership Training Course and Chief Petty Officer (CPO) 365...
18 October 2017 Princeton Hosts Steel Beach Picnic There's barely a cloud in the sky in the Arabian Gulf. The blazing heat from the sun meshes with the heat rising from the sizzling meat on a grill the flight deck of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59)...
18 October 2017 5th Fleet Sailor Re-enlists at Navy Ball In a ballroom decorated in red, white and blue, one Sailor renewed his commitment to service at the 242nd Navy Birthday Ball at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Oct. 13...
18 October 2017 Formidable Shield 2017 Concludes with Ship Engaging Supersonic Target Ships from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated in a successful live-fire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) scenario, defending against a supersonic target Oct. 17...
18 October 2017 I Have the Deck "You get the fear in the pit of your stomach a lot that you'll mess something up," said Wilmington. "Then you have the anxiety that you'll do something wrong or you'll upset someone, but that all has to go on inside. On the outside, you have to be the one who's calm, cool and collected. When I give...
17 October 2017 HM 'A' School Graduation First Of Its Kind The first class to train under the newly revised hospital corpsman (HM) 'A' School curriculum graduated Oct. 13 at a ceremony at the Medical Education and Training Campus on board Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas...
17 October 2017 Household Goods Helps Sailors in Homeport Shifts One of the biggest challenges for the NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Consolidated Personal Property Shipping Office (CPPSO) is assisting an entire crew of Sailors in their household goods (HHG) moves when a ship changes homeport...
17 October 2017 Hurricane Maria Hits Home for Nimitz Sailor The strongest hurricane Puerto Rico has seen in 80 years ripped through the island causing mass destruction, Sept. 20. Hurricane Maria shredded the island with the force of up to 155-mph winds and a torrential downfall rating the hurricane Category 4...
16 October 2017 Remembering the Great War SubmarinesThe signature naval weapon of World War I was the submarine. Various inventors had experimented with diving boats and underwater boats since at least the 17th century, and they made appearances in both the Revolution and the Civil War. The U.S. Navy then commissioned its first true...
16 October 2017 Medical Residents Aboard Comfort Respond in Puerto Rico Five emergency medicine (EM) physician residents from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) embarked on the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in support of relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, as part of their residency training...