01 June 2015 Navy Recruiting District Jacksonville Holds Change of Command Cmdr. Michael K. Ford relieved Cmdr. Brent E. Cower as commanding officer of Navy Recruiting District (NRD) Jacksonville during a change of command ceremony held at The Florida Yacht Club, May 21...
01 June 2015 Abraham Lincoln's AOs Gain Rate Experience during RCOH Aviation ordnancemen (AO) assigned to the Weapons Department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) recently travelled to Fallon, Nevada, to support Carrier Air Wing 7 in constructing more than 120 tons of ordnance...
01 June 2015 GW's V-2 Geared for Aircraft Arrest Every time Sailors hear the familiar grind of arresting gears dragging across the flight deck and feel their work centers shake, a team of Aviation Boatswain's Mates (Equipment), or ABE's, are at work...
01 June 2015 Rating in the Spotlight: Hospital Corpsman The Hospital Corpsman rating has provided health care to Sailors, Marines and civilians worldwide for over a century. With exemplary valor and dedication, the Navy's most decorated rate has served in every military conflict since the rating's inception July 17, 1898...
01 June 2015 BUMED Holds Inaugural Fitness Walk U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery's (BUMED) health promotion and wellness committee held its inaugural fitness walk called "Walk it Out", May 28...
01 June 2015 USS Sampson Returns From Deployment The guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) returned from a 212-day independent deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean June 1...
01 June 2015 First Atsugi Base-side Festival Huge Success The Executive Committee of Ayase base-side Festival hosted its first event at Koryo Park just outside the West Gate of Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, May 30...
01 June 2015 Forged in Fire: One Sailor Prevails Through All Odds At some point we find ourselves sitting in the fire, challenged with and surrounded by stress that threatens to consume us whole. We don't choose how or when we get there. Our power lies in choosing how we react to the flames...
01 June 2015 NMOTC XO Installed as President for Aerospace Medical Association The executive officer of the U.S. Navy's premier training facility for operational medicine and aviation survival training was installed as president of the largest aerospace medicine organization during a ceremony in Orlando, Fla., May 14...
01 June 2015 Siblings Share Service Experience Aboard USS George Washington Separation from family during deployments can be difficult for any Sailor, but for two Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), family is just a few decks away...