19 September 2016 A Flying Ace of USS Bonhomme Richard With a dazzling smile, she confidently walks across the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) towards her bird; a thick braid of brown hair sticking from the pilot's helmet...
19 September 2016 Training Support Center Remembers 9/11 Sailors and civilians from area training commands hosted a ceremony on board Naval Base San Diego Sept. 11 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America...
19 September 2016 Beyond the Rank: CPO Pinning Ceremony Becomes Unique Family Experience Fifteen Sailors received their anchors in a chief petty officer pinning ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Sept. 16, along with hundreds across the world who advanced to the prestigious rank through hard work and determination...
19 September 2016 Navy Medicine Invests in its Civilian Workforce with Inaugural Workshop Series Navy Medicine hosted its first series of civilian workforce development workshops at Defense Health Headquarters, Sept. 14-16...
16 September 2016 Taking the Helm "I think it is pretty awesome, I definitely pushed myself with this qualification," said Connelly. "You have to stand a lot of watches under instruction, drive during special evolutions, it takes a lot of practice. I improved with time. It was frustrating at times, but knowing that I am the first...
16 September 2016 CIWT Modernizes Electronic Warfare Officer Course Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) wrapped up the first updated Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO) Course at Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) San Diego, Sept. 16, as part of a training modernization effort for electronic warfare (EW)...
16 September 2016 Bells Across America Ceremony to Honor Fallen Service Members Bells have been used for centuries by the Navy for timekeeping, safety and communication, to sound alarms, in ceremonies and events, and to signal the presence of important persons...
16 September 2016 NAVSUP Welcomes POW/MIA Forensics Expert Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Commander Rear Adm. Jonathan Yuen welcomed Dr. Timothy P. McMahon, a forensics expert supporting the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, in a POW/MIA recognition program held at Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Sept. 15...
16 September 2016 US Sailors Begin Multinational Exercise Northern Challenge 2016 Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 began participating in exercise Northern Challenge (NOCH) 2016 in Keflavik, Iceland, Sept. 12...
16 September 2016 USNH Yokosuka Corpsman Awarded for Lifesaving Efforts Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Joshua Blanchard, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for saving a drowning mother while serving on temporary assigned duty (TAD) at the Surface Warfare Medical Institute (SWMI) in San Diego...