16 March 2017 USS Freedom Successful Replacement of Main Propulsion Diesel Engine Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) worked with General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) and Bath Iron Works (BIW) to successfully remove and replace the No. 2 main propulsion diesel engine on littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1)...
16 March 2017 BMU-1 Beach Party Team Delta Continues to Prepare for Deployment Beach Party Team (BPT) Delta continues to push through work-ups as they are next to deploy for Beachmaster Unit (BMU) 1...
14 March 2017 USS Laboon Seizes Heroin on the High Seas; Second CTF-150 Seizure in Last Two Weeks USS Laboon (DDG 58) intercepted a small stateless dhow in the international waters of the Arabian Sea March 13, seizing 270 kilograms of heroin...
10 March 2017 GW Sailors Continue to Earn Warfare Devices Attaining the enlisted warfare specialist qualifications during normal operation of an active aircraft carrier at sea is challenging enough, but to earn a qualification while the ship is no longer going underway can be an even more difficult endeavor...
09 March 2017 Truxtun Aids Pakistani Navy Sailor Guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) assisted in the medical evacuation of a Pakistani navy sailor, March 6...
08 March 2017 A New Alpha 'Blacklion' The "Fighting Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 held a change of command during an airborne ceremony, Feb. 22...
08 March 2017 Our Daily Bread When approaching the bustling mess decks of aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Sailors from all corners of the ship might catch the sweet smells of honey-glazed bread, chocolate chip cookies and cakes...
02 March 2017 We are Ready for Anything: Comfort Exercise 17 U.S. Navy Sailors and civil service mariners (CIVMARS) who crew Military Sealift Command's hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) pulled back into Naval Station Norfolk after completing Comfort Exercise (COMFEX) 17, Feb. 24...
01 March 2017 International Man of Magic Six Sailors stare at him as they wait in anticipation for the big reveal on the mess decks aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67)...
16 February 2017 Carderock's MAKE Lab Hosts Marine Corps Innovation Challenge Winners Sometimes the best ideas come from within. At least this is the concept behind the Marine Corps Innovation Challenge, which empowers Marines and Sailors to come up with fresh ideas to increase safety and efficiency for their unit or mission...