Overall advancement opportunity for each active duty paygrade increased as compared to the 2016 fall cycle, and all pay grades remain above their 10-year average for advancement opportunity. Additionally, each active duty rating has an advancement quota. For FTS, advancement opportunity increased in...

Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) hosted a Mother's Day celebration on the mess deck, May 14. The celebration honored the deployed mothers aboard the ship and all the mothers, step-moms, grandmothers, and mother figures in our lives back home and remember those who were no longer with us...

Capt. Peter Nilsen relieved Capt. John Schmidt as commanding officer of the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), during a change of command ceremony aboard the ship's flight deck, May 18...

The UAE is a relatively young country that is short on age but not on wealth. The UAE has transformed from an ancient fishing port to a sprawling modern metropolis and when visitors walk through the city streets, they'll discover expansive sand dunes next to lavish modern-day buildings...

Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) successfully conducted the first-in-class test firing of Automatic Launch of Expendable System for Ship Self Defense (ALEX) off the coast of the Virginia Capes, May 7...

Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) earned the Blue H, the Navy surgeon general's health promotion and wellness award, gold star, May 16, for the 5th consecutive year...

Sailors temporarily assigned to USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) planned incremental availability's (PIA) deck and tile team are now replacing the tile decks with a new coating referred to as PRC, after its manufacturer, Products Research and Chemical Corporation...

Sailors aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) are rehabilitating and refreshing 29 crew berthings during the ship's Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) period...

MANAMA, Bahrain - To see the history of the close U.S./Bahrain relationship, one needs to look no further than the American Mission Hospital...

The smell of hospital and alcohol swabs almost surpasses the daily commotion of sick call, which all falls to the wayside when you are greeted by an energetic and enthusiastic attendant. Hospitalman Naomi Pauline Mungai is that beaming face eager to help you...