12 June 2017 Final FDNF Ring of the Liberty Bells On July 8, 1776, perched in the tower of the Pennsylvania State House, a 12-foot copper and tin bell called to attention the residents of Philadelphia. The Declaration of Independence was to be read publicly for the first time by Col. John Nixon...
12 June 2017 Louisiana Gold Welcomes New Commanding Officer The Gold crew of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) welcomed a new commanding officer during a change of command ceremony, June 9...
12 June 2017 COMSUBLANT Sailors Earn Information Warfare Pin Twelve Sailors assigned to Commander, Submarine Forces Atlantic (COMSUBLANT) were awarded the Enlisted Information Warfare (IW) Pin during a ceremony held at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, June 9...
12 June 2017 On Board and Underway, 31st MEU, BHR Set Sail Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embarked aboard the ships of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (BHR ESG) at Naval Facility White Beach, Okinawa, Japan, June 7, 2017...
12 June 2017 Bonhomme Richard, 31st MEU Depart Okinawa Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) departed White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, after embarking 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) personnel, equipment and supplies, June 8...
09 June 2017 Search Ends for USS Normandy Sailor After an exhaustive search, Navy and Coast Guard assets ended their efforts just after sunset June 9 for a Sailor assigned to guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60)...
09 June 2017 NAVSUP FLC Puget Sound "Fuelies" Participate in Joint Fuel Spill Exercise Fuel technicians from Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Puget Sound Fuel Department at Manchester Fuel Depot (MFD) participated in a joint fuel spill response exercise in the waters off Blake Island, Washington June 6...
09 June 2017 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway Sailors aboard the aircraft carriers USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) observed the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, June 5...
09 June 2017 MCMDIV 31 Participates in BALTOPS 2017 Sailors assigned to Mine Countermeasures Division (MCMDIV) 31, the tactical and operational staff attached to commander, Mine Countermeasures Squadron 3, are in Todendorf, Germany, to participate in exercise BALTOPS 2017, June 5...
09 June 2017 World War II Tack Welder Reflects Back... Her journey started 74 years ago, although she remembers it like it was yesterday...