17 August 2022 Wireless Connectivity Bridge Expansion Continues to Improve Sailor Access during Maintenance Availabilities NORFOLK, Va. – Sailors now can access and interface with essential services and information available online for their professional requirements during shipyard availabilities using the Wireless Connectivity Bridge (WCB)...
09 August 2022 USNS Medgar Evers Completes Afloat Team Training NORFOLK, Va. - The crew aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) dry cargo ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) completed Afloat Team Tailored Training July 22 honing their damage control (DC) responses...
08 August 2022 I Am Navy Medicine – IC3 Laura D. Pugh at NMRTU Everett BREMERTON, Wash. - Interior communication electricians tend to be unsung heroes, even in today’s high-tech environment...
04 August 2022 USS Wasp Returns to Norfolk NORFOLK, Va. - The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, July 28, 2022, after spending nearly 18 months in dry-dock selected restricted availability (DSRA)...
04 August 2022 SIOP Contract Awarded for Dry Dock Upgrade, Berth Repairs at NNSY NORFOLK, Va. - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic awarded AECOM Technical Services Inc., a $91,484,397 firm-fixed-price with award fee task order July 29 under a previously-awarded multiple-award construction contract for berth repairs at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY)...
03 August 2022 Mid-Deployment Voyage Repair: Through a maintenance lens NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy - Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) and its mission partners conducted mid-deployment voyage repairs (MDVRs) throughout the U.S. Naval Forces Europe (NAVEUR) area of operations for ships in the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG). In a...
27 July 2022 USNS Medgar Evers Shipboard Qualification Trials ATLANTIC OCEAN — The Civil Service Mariners (CIVMAR) who crew Military Sealift Command’s dry cargo ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) took the ship to sea in the Atlantic Ocean to perform Shipboard Qualification Trials (SQT), July 14-17...
14 July 2022 Why You Want to be a Submarine Independent Duty Corpsman Submarine Independent Duty Corpsman Submarine (IDC) is one of four types of IDCs in the Navy. But because of how they deploy and the culture of the Submarine Force, it's arguably the most demanding independent duty corpsman job and one of the most rewarding...
12 July 2022 Start of Construction Marked for T-ATS 11 MOBILE, Ala. - Construction began on the Navy’s newest towing, salvage and rescue ship, T-ATS 11 at Austal USA’s Mobile, Alabama shipyard, July 11...
07 July 2022 George Washington Celebrates 30 Years of Service NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) celebrated 30 years of service since its commissioning July 4...