29 September 2016 Commander, US 6th Fleet Visits USS Carney Vice Adm. James Foggo III, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, visited Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) while underway in the Mediterranean Sea, Sept. 28...
29 September 2016 USNS Comfort: On the Ready Today, On the Ready Tomorrow, and into the Future The crew of Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) conducted a series of training events known as a Comfort Exercise (COMFEX) pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 19-23...
29 September 2016 Energy Efficiencies Coming to NS Mayport Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast selected TECO, Inc. of Tampa, Florida to receive a $12.8 million award Sept. 28 for a Utility Energy Service Contract (UESC) to bring energy improvements to Naval Station Mayport, Florida...
28 September 2016 Of Medals and Mettle: It was 1938, and this awkward, backwoods 20-year-old soon got his sea legs in the submarine-infested North Atlantic, the turbulent route through which Roosevelt quietly sent supplies and aid to Great Britain. Like all career Sailors, my father told colorful tales laced with humor and adventure. He...
28 September 2016 Navy Chief Honor, History, Heritage -- Sharing of the Gridley Legacy A Navy chief from USS Gridley past met with Navy chiefs from USS Gridley present in a meeting of more than just an exchange from one era to the next...
28 September 2016 Raise Your Awareness of Breast Cancer About one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer, according to www.breastcancer.org...
28 September 2016 NMTSC Sailors Gather, Deliver Donations to Louisiana Sailors at Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) in San Antonio delivered much needed supplies to Lafayette, Louisiana, Sept. 24 after spending weeks collecting goods and donations for those hardest hit by the devastating floods in their neighboring state...
28 September 2016 USS McCampbell Enhances Tactical Readiness Warfare tactics instructors (WTI) embarked forward-deployed, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) during the U.S.-only, biennial field training exercise Valiant Shield 2016 (VS16) Sept. 23...
28 September 2016 Emory S. Land Improves Suicide Awareness The suicide awareness team aboard the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) plans to improve Sailors' resources and knowledge by implementing the Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life (SAIL) program and improving the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) program...
28 September 2016 Bonhomme Richard's New Mental Health Team Amphibious assault ships, such as USS Bonhomme Richard's (LHD 6) medical department support a secondary mission and can provide the capabilities of a small hospital, including its own radiology department, X-ray technicians, laboratories, pharmacy and enough racks for more than 300 patients...