30 June 2017 Boles earns Military Excellence Award at Recruit Training Command Seaman Recruit Joshua Boles, Division 204, graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command earning the Military Excellence Award on June 30...
30 June 2017 Surface Line Week Heats Up the Summer Norfolk's waterfront will come together in a friendly series of challenges and competitions among competitors to prove their toughness, tenacity and expertise during Surface Line Week (SLW), July 24-28...
28 June 2017 NAVOCEANO Traces its Roots on World Hydrography Day 2017 The Naval Oceanographic Office, once known as the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, honored its heritage and the importance of its mission by celebrating World Hydrography Day on June 26 at Stennis Space Center, home of the world's largest concentration of hydrographers and oceanographers...
22 June 2017 NAVFAC Marianas Environmental Specialists, Navy Salvage Divers Clear Submerged Wreckage from Guam's Waters during DIVEX 2017 Salvage divers from nine Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) nations and Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas environmentalists removed submerged wreckage around Guam, June 12-15, during Diving Exercise (DIVEX) 2017...
22 June 2017 USS Devastator Changes Command The Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship (MCM) USS Devastator (MCM 6) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, June 15...
21 June 2017 Every Sailor is a Damage Controlman A lookout spotted three black spheres in the water, and the officer of the deck swiftly brought the frigate to a halt; he proceeded to back out of a minefield. However, the mine's foil trigger was crushed and two-hundred fifty pounds of TNT exploded...
19 June 2017 "Spartans" Conduct Phase Maintenance aboard Truxtun What goes up must come down. That saying is true in regards to physics; however, that is not what you want to hear in a conversation about helicopters...
19 June 2017 Brothers In Blood And Arms Marines are known throughout the world as warriors who never stop until the mission is complete. Whether they are training at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina or marching through the deserts of Afghanistan, Marines band together as brothers, watching each other's back never leaving anyone behind...
19 June 2017 Fair Seas and Following Fathers As much as becoming a father adds a sweet dimension to your life, it can also cause your stress levels to grow ten-fold; particularly if you're deployed on the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) protecting your new and expanded family's freedom from afar...
18 June 2017 Vice Adm. Aucoin Holds Press Conference about USS Fitzgerald Collision The following are U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin's prepared remarks for a press conference held June 18 at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, about the collision of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) with a merchant vessel June 17...