19 October 2016 Navy Responds to Distressed Mariner during Annual HARP Training Sailors from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, Explosive Ordnance Mobile Units (EODMU) 1 and 6 were in the Gulf of Mexico conducting annual Helicopter Advanced Readiness Program (HARP) the morning of Oct. 12, when Sailors were flagged down by a stranded and distressed mariner...
19 October 2016 SMWDC Evolves Surface Warfare Readiness -- One SWATT at a Time Lt. Damon Goodrich-Houska and Lt. Ben Olivas, assigned to Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), led the first fully-resourced joint Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90)...
19 October 2016 FRCSW Engineer Wins 2016 Lasswell Award for Fleet Support Brett Gardner, a senior avionics engineer assigned to Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW), is the recipient of the 2016 A. Bryan Lasswell Award for Fleet Support...
19 October 2016 USS Bonhomme Richard Sailors Strengthen Bonds at Singapore School Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) visited a school for students with special learning needs as part of a community relations outreach project, Oct. 18, during a scheduled port visit to Singapore...
18 October 2016 Navy Region Northwest Navy Gateway Inns, Suites Takes Receives Adm. Zumwalt Awards Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus released a official information dispatch recognizing Navy Gateway Inns and Suites (NGIS) and Fisher House (FH) activities selected to receive the 2016 Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Award for excellence in lodging management, Oct. 13...
18 October 2016 Retired USS Drum Sailors Reunite in San Diego Retired Sailors once assigned to former Sturgeon-class fast attack submarine USS Drum (SSN 677) gathered in San Diego for a reunion celebration, Oct. 13-16...
18 October 2016 Getting Out of the Navy For some, this can be a stressful time. Whether it's school, a new career, or starting a business; many things may be running through a Sailor's head when getting ready to leave the service. Fortunately, Transition Goals, Plans and Success (TGPS) is there to help. "Transition Goals, Plans and...
18 October 2016 IW Sailors Take on World Martial Arts Games Two Sailors from the Navy's information warfare (IW) community represented the United States at the international World Martial Arts Games in Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 14-16...
18 October 2016 Navy Shooting Team Gets New OIC After 15 years of leading the Navy's marksmanship program, Cmdr. Mick Glancey of Navy Personnel Command (PERS-832) passed the baton to Cmdr. Jon Marvell of U.S. Fleet Forces Command...
18 October 2016 Dynamic Weathers another Successful Avail Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center's (MARMC) Dynamic Drydock (AFDL 6) successfully undocked Landing Craft Unit (LCU) 1653 as the vessel neared the end of a six-week maintenance availability at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Sept. 20...