13 January 2016 Strength Through Separation The recruits, who hail from Mukilteo, Washington have spent the past eight weeks dealing with the rigors of training on top of being unable to communicate with each other. However, it was each other's absence that helped fuel their determination to stay focused and succeed individually in boot...
13 January 2016 Corpsman to Doctor: One Man's Journey from Enlisted to Officer It started with a television commercial in 1999 that had a simple slogan: "Let the journey begin." Paul Hannam, then 17 years old, was working at McDonald's...
13 January 2016 Surface Navy Association Hosts East Coast Symposium Naval leaders, government officials and members of private industry gathered to discuss the surface Navy's future at the 28th Annual Surface Navy Association (SNA) Symposium in Crystal City, Jan. 12...
12 January 2016 NHCP Expands Pain Relief Options for Women in Labor Beginning in mid-December women in labor at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton now have the option of using nitrous oxide to ease labor pains...
12 January 2016 Bittersweet Goodbyes: Last S-3 Viking Leaves U.S. Navy Service After more than 40 years of service, the last S-3B Viking in U.S. Navy service launched one last time from the runway at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Jan. 11...
12 January 2016 FST 4 Performs Medevac Training The amount of teamwork involved in any mission is key to determining its level of success, and for the medical department aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), successful mission readiness is essential to saving lives...
12 January 2016 Kearsarge Ports in Dubai The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), and embarked Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Dubai for a port visit, Dec 23...
12 January 2016 USS Barry to Join Forward Deployed Naval Forces in Japan Guided missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) departed its Norfolk homeport of more than 20 years bound for Yokosuka, Japan, and the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) of the U.S. 7th Fleet, Jan. 12...
12 January 2016 NDW Winter Prep Tames Old Man Winter According to the National Weather Service the East Coast has been experiencing record high temperatures this winter season. The National Weather Service reports that thanks to El Niño people were able to enjoy the outdoors more during the holidays...
12 January 2016 The Away Team With a flash, Sailors rush toward the ladder wells in response to the blaring announcement on the 1MC. The sound of their boots clanking up the metal steps rises toward vultures row, and out of the hatch comes the Ship's Nautical or Otherwise Photographic Interpretation and Exploitation (SNOOPIE)...