WASHINGTON - Adm. Bill Lescher, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, visited multiple commands in the western U.S. this week to engage with the fleet on readiness and lethality topics spanning a number of functional areas...

BREMERTON, Wash. - Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) in Bremerton, Washington, April 26. Harker met with command leadership and toured PSNS & IMF facilities to discuss ongoing and planned process...

RIJEKA, Croatia - Vice Adm. Gene Black, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet, visited Rijeka, Croatia, on April 27th to speak with Croatian military leadership and meet with crews of three U.S. Navy ships undergoing lifecycle maintenance at the Viktor Lenac shipyard...

NORFOLK, Va. - A new naval program now enables safety professionals throughout the Navy and Marine Corps to receive a certificate attesting they have completed the competency development training necessary to perform their duties...

BREMERTON, Wash. - Even though April 18-24, 2021 is designated as Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, for laboratory technicians like Hospital Corpsman 1st Class KC Geisler, there’s no slow down or reduction of service taking place during the week...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Navy Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Bill Lescher visited Hampton Roads, Virginia, April 19, to visit two major shipyards and meet with Sailors in the region...

SOUTH CHINA SEA - According to defense.gov, only one percent of Americans make the commitment to serve in their nation’s military. Service members, whether enlisted or commissioned, serve side by side every day in various parts of the world, defending their country’s freedom and liberty...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Cmdr. Houssain “Sam” Sareini relieved Cmdr. Donald J. Curran III as the commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) during an Apr. 9 change of command ceremony. The ceremony took place aboard the ship at National Steel and Shipbuilding...

EVERETT, Wash - These Sailors weren’t stuck about getting stuck...

NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash. – Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) began receiving their first dose of the Moderna coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine April 6...