Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) kicked off its Women's Organization to Reach, Teach, and Help (W.O.R.T.H.) program with a ceremony on the mess decks Jan. 15...

USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1), a Military Sealift Command-operated expeditionary fast transport vessel, with embarked civilian mariner crew and U.S. military personnel, arrived in Mayport, Florida, Jan. 19, to begin preparations for Continuing Promise 2017 (CP-17)...

The Diversity Committee at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a celebration Jan. 20 which included a moment of silence, the reading of a portion of his famous speech, and an interpretation of comments by Coretta Scott King...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) took a major step forward in its transition from Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) to redelivery to the fleet by welcoming the return of its aircraft crash and salvage crane on the flight deck Jan. 19...

Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) rendered medical assistance to a Pakistani sailor while operating in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 20...

Approximately 58 Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville staff are preparing to deploy in support of Continuing Promise 2017 (CP-17)...

By a 98-1 vote, the Senate confirmed retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to be the 26th secretary of defense Jan. 20, and Vice President Michael R. Pence administered his oath of office shortly afterward...

Boy Scouts from Troop 2860 in Richmond, Virginia, toured aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) Jan. 15...

A snow storm on December 27-28, 1892, set the record for the most snowfall in Norfolk as the city was buried under 18 inches of snow...

The Honorable Sean J. Stackley assumed the responsibilities of acting secretary of the Navy Jan. 20 at noon...