25 July 2017 Life of an FSA Sailors decked out in blue shirts are commonly seen on the mess decks and in the galleys wiping tables, serving food, cleaning, washing plates and more...
24 July 2017 101 Miles in 4.5 Days They are no strangers to protecting others and recently assumed the challenge to conquer a vigorous and demanding one-week training course to become Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) bicycle patrol officers...
24 July 2017 The Power of a Single Story The Silent HuntIn the icy water of the North Sea, the Tench-class diesel submarine USS Grenadier (SS 525) was hunting for Soviet submarines. Captain Ted Davis, commanding officer of the Grenadier, was responsible for his submarine's mission to patrol the "GIUK gap," which stretched from Greenland...
24 July 2017 It Only Takes a Spark In 1969, songwriter Kurt Kaiser penned a song entitled "Pass It On." The first line of the song states that it only takes a spark to get a fire going. When you meet Machinery Repairman 2nd Class Antonio Deshawn Sparks, you might think those lyrics were written about him...
24 July 2017 Heroes Live Forever It was a sunny, clear, mild day over the Mediterranean Sea on June 29, when Aerographer's Mate 2nd Class David Jasso raised the flag of the United States over USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in memory of his brother-in-law...
24 July 2017 Israel: Now and Then USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) became the first aircraft carrier in 17 years to visit Haifa, Israel, July 1, and one man happens to have been on both port visits...
24 July 2017 Bataan's Strongest Gunner Switching his M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine gun off of safety, his whole body shook to the core as the gun raged with recoil fired at the large orange inflatable object floating on the water...
21 July 2017 Sea Breeze SERE Training Develops Ukrainian Instructors Pilots and aircrew members of the Ukrainian armed forces, which have been battling separatists in the eastern part of their country since 2014, face the real possibility of finding themselves behind enemy lines or needing to survive in isolation...
21 July 2017 Spotlighting New Technology Ideas at the Naval S&T Expo Today, at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo, Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Rear Adm. David J. Hahn publicly announced the finalists of the CNR Concept Challenge- a historic call for innovative ideas to support the Navy and Marine Corps of the future...
20 July 2017 Navy Drug, Alcohol Counselor School: A Life-Changing Experience "This school changed my life." That is the most often heard comment from Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor School (NDACS) graduating students...