04 January 2016 Crossed Anchors, Dedicated Sailors Thousands of pounds of anchor and chain now stood like racehorses silently waiting to plunge down and out into the sea. It was the kind of moment this Sailor lives for.The U.S. Navy has had a strong presence around the world for almost two and a half centuries and though technology and ships have...
04 January 2016 Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth Arrives in Phuket The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) arrived in Phuket, Thailand for the first time Dec. 30 for a scheduled port visit...
04 January 2016 Norfolk Shipyard Employee Designed Tool Increases Maintenance Efficiency A tool designed by Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) employees will make servicing ships' breakers more efficient...
04 January 2016 Staff Sgt Gregory Rogers: Still Engaging Marines in the Classroom More than six months after completing a rotation as part of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 29's Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Site Core Team at Marine Corps Air Station New River, Staff Sgt. Gregory Rogers can still be found in the command's AIRSpeed classroom...
31 December 2015 MARMC Divers Perform Emergent USS San Jacinto Blade Change Outs Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) Dive Team Charlie completed an emergent three-blade change out on USS San Jacinto's (CG 56) propellers at Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 20...
31 December 2015 Siblings Gain Strength Through Separation at Boot Camp After spending 19 years together at one another's side, twin siblings Seaman Recruit Savannah Sturgis and Seaman Recruit Joseph Sturgis found motivation in their separation during boot camp at Recruit Training Command (RTC), Great Lakes...
31 December 2015 USS Emory S. Land Conducts Replenishment at Sea The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) successfully completed a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) and refueling at sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6) Dec. 29...
30 December 2015 Face Time: ONR-Sponsored Tech Reads Facial Expressions for Autism Symptoms There's an app for everything these days; from weight loss to working out. Now, thanks in part to support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), there's an app that may screen for autism by reading kids' facial expressions for emotional cues, officials announced Dec. 30...
30 December 2015 US Navy Families Make New Home in Busan Korea The streets are still damp with rain left the night before. As apartment lights begin to pierce the night sky, dawn is still hours away but the city of Busan is waking up...
29 December 2015 EODMU12 Supports Military Bowl Game at USNA Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician 1st Class Terry Sprinkle, from Goldsboro, North Carolina, and stationed with EOD Mobile Unit 12 at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, participated in a static display at the Military Bowl game in Annapolis Dec. 28...