The approval came after a review of the results from recently completed afloat wear tests conducted aboard three deploying ships and involving more than 700 Sailors. The IFRV coveralls are intended to replace the Flame Resistant Variant (FRV) coveralls currently in use throughout the fleet."The IFRV...

Sailors assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1 deployed to Antarctica in mid-January to support the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP), the nation's research program on the southernmost continent, which is managed by the National Science Foundation (NSF)...

Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia's (EURAFSWA) Fleet & Family Readiness (FFR) program strengthens operations in the theater by providing important services to EURAFSWA's people...

In the Navy of old, leaders were viewed as distant and salty, with only one concern in mind: getting the job done. But, as the Navy evolved over the years, so have its Sailors. Leaders are just as human as the people that serve under them and have all dealt with their share of change...

"Navy Medicine has always had a preoccupation with patient quality, patient safety and process improvement," said Capt. Frank Dos Santos, Navy Medicine East's (NME) high reliability deputy chief of staff. "We have embarked upon the journey of high reliability, and upon embarking on that journey we...

Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) kicked off its Women's Organization to Reach, Teach, and Help (W.O.R.T.H.) program with a ceremony on the mess decks Jan. 15...

USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1), a Military Sealift Command-operated expeditionary fast transport vessel, with embarked civilian mariner crew and U.S. military personnel, arrived in Mayport, Florida, Jan. 19, to begin preparations for Continuing Promise 2017 (CP-17)...

The Diversity Committee at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a celebration Jan. 20 which included a moment of silence, the reading of a portion of his famous speech, and an interpretation of comments by Coretta Scott King...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) took a major step forward in its transition from Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) to redelivery to the fleet by welcoming the return of its aircraft crash and salvage crane on the flight deck Jan. 19...

Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) rendered medical assistance to a Pakistani sailor while operating in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 20...