18 July 2017 Text Tech: Can Navy Vessels Use Shipboard Signal Lamps for Text Messaging? The signal lamp aboard the USS Stout flashed light bursts to the USS Monterey, located pierside 250 feet away. Aboard the Monterey, its own signal lamp used a mounted camera to receive the incoming Morse code-which then was converted into text appearing on an accompanying handheld device...
17 July 2017 Inspection Programs Merge Strengthens NAVSUP's Accountability, Efficiency Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) optimized two accountability programs by formally integrating their complex self-assessment pre-inspection checklists. The standardization improves efficiency and is expected to improve overall accountability through more consistent evaluation of risk areas...
17 July 2017 Outpatient Infusion Services Available at Naval Hospital Pensacola Naval Hospital Pensacola's (NHP) Multi-Service Ward provides infusion services 24 hours a day, seven days a week...
17 July 2017 Yellow Shirts: Setting the Tone for the Flight Deck Sailors who work on the flight deck of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) wear different color jerseys to indicate their job and position. But one color stands out among them in a place of prestige, and that is the yellow jersey...
17 July 2017 Another Cold One with the Boys: Coral Sea Veteran Laid to Rest with Shipmates "General quarters! General quarters!" blared the speaker systems aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Lexington (CV 2), May 8, 1942. "All hands man your battle stations!"...
17 July 2017 Good Intel Goes A Long Way Deep with the confines of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), dimly lit screens illuminate a room, and information only some are privilege to zooms across screens. This is just another day at work for Intelligence Specialist (IS) 3rd Class Nathan Popejoy...
17 July 2017 Simulators Keep NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Crane Operators Sharp During April, 2017, Naval Facility Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic began using crane simulators to keep skills sharp...
17 July 2017 Midshipmen Embark USS Shiloh for Summer Cruise Four midshipmen from colleges across the United States arrived aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), June 17...
17 July 2017 This Beach is Mine It's early in the morning on a beach far away from what you would call "usual surroundings"...
17 July 2017 Bridging the Gap to the Navy When you think of aircraft, the people behind the scenes, organizing and tracking maintenance rarely come to mind, but without them the aircraft on board amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) would be unable to carry out the mission...