21 December 2016 First Down-range Deployment for USNS Trenton Military Sealift Command's expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Trenton (EPF 5) departed from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story to begin its first operational deployment, Dec. 20...
21 December 2016 Africa Partnership Station: Building Trust, Friendship During Belgian Naval Ship Godetia's Maritime Capacity Building 2016 Deployment The Belgian Navy ship Godetia glides up the narrow channel of the Wauri River on the approach to the port of Douala, Cameroon...
20 December 2016 Quartermasters: The Guiding Horizon What does lineage mean to you? What do you know of your family history? Did its past live alongside records in a great war? Or perhaps it was chronicled as part of some great voyage. What if your family history was one as old as time itself?...
20 December 2016 Preventive Medicine Unit Remembers Attack on Pearl Harbor Sailors from the Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit FIVE (NEPMU-5) participated in a wreath remembrance ceremony aboard the USS Midway commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7...
19 December 2016 Lincoln Sailors Participate in Wreaths Across America Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) participated in the Wreaths Across America wreath-laying ceremony, Dec. 17 at the Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton Va. to honor all veterans past, present and future...
19 December 2016 USS George Washington: 25 Years Serving the Fleet After nearly 25 years of serving the country, the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) is preparing to take an extended, well deserved and much needed, 40-plus-month break for its Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) maintenance period...
16 December 2016 Who Am I Series? A Gatekeeper Of Metal In The Sky "One of the best parts of my job is that I spend my day moving metal through the sky with my voice," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael B. Aguilera, a Harlingen, Texas native and AATCC Watch Officer onboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5)...
16 December 2016 USS Mason Arrives in Belfast The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), arrived in Belfast, U.K., Dec.15, 2016 for a scheduled port visit...
14 December 2016 How to Train Your Crows It's 0630 when Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Gardner makes his way into the chart room, hearing the click of the cipher lock behind him as he closes the door. The voices of the pilothouse muffle as he welcomes the hum of his computer starting up...
08 December 2016 Beyond the Battlefield: Using Research to Improve Wounded Warrior Care, Quality of Life Thanks to advances in military medicine and personal protective gear, service members injured in combat during Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn have the highest survival rate in modern history...