16 May 2016 MARMC Sailor Turns Dream into Reality, Earns Qualification Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) Rigger Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Richard D. Vissoh earned his 3rd Mate Unlimited Oceans certification from the Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy in Norfolk, May 13...
10 May 2016 Ford Conducts Initial Fast Cruise More than 2,000 PCU Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Sailors participated in the ship's first fast cruise exercise, May 3-5, in Newport News, Virginia...
09 May 2016 Boxer CPO 365 Mentorship Connects Current, Future Leaders Chief petty officers and first class petty officers aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) held a CPO 365 Phase One speed mentorship event in the ship's Chiefs Mess, May 5...
21 April 2016 Thinking Maritime Security at IMCMEX What if a wall of sea mines halts international commerce across the Arabian Gulf, and the waterways throughout the Middle East? What if hostile forces attack international ports and sink ships carrying essential cargo?...
20 April 2016 Divers Highlight Interoperability in Finding, Neutralizing Mines Divers from five nations are training together to identify and neutralize mines and other threats in order to ensure the waterways in the Middle East remain safe for commercial shipping...
18 April 2016 Technology Aids Mine Hunting During IMCMEX Sailors aboard USS Sentry (MCM 3) successfully piloted an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) mounted with live explosives to destroy a training mine as part of International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) April 14...
14 April 2016 New Research Ship Ready for Duty Amid booming fireworks, steely skies and blustery winds-and the joyful cheers from a large crowd of well-wishers-the brand-new research vessel Neil Armstrong recently arrived at its new home at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, officials announced April 14...
12 April 2016 South Vietnamese Navy Newport OCS Alumni Visit NAVSTA Newport Sixty former South Vietnamese naval officers who graduated from the Newport Officer Candidate School Program from 1970-1971 and later returned to their homeland to serve in the joint American-South Vietnamese 'brown water navy' visited Naval Station Newport, April 11...
11 April 2016 Monterey After Dark For some members of the crew aboard guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), being underway with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group means late-night watchstanding while everyone else sleeps, especially during the ongoing composite training unit exercise...
10 April 2016 NAVCENT Commander: IMCMEX About More Than Mine Hunting The latest iteration of the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) is about more than mine hunting, said the commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East as he met with reporters April 9, to discuss the exercise...