PENSACOLA, Fla. - As May rolled into June in 1942, Japan’s naval forces stretched across the Pacific. They had seized Malaysia, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and the northern coast of Papua/New Guinea...

Capt. Brian “Ferg” Ferguson has spent a significant portion of his career involved with air-to-air combat training exercises like the one described above. Ferguson attended the Adversary Instructor Course at the Navy Fighter Weapons School, also known as TOPGUN. He also commanded the Fighting Saints...

BREMERTON, Wash. - The transition of management and administration – as well as personnel, property and systems - of a military treatment facility like Naval Hospital Bremerton to the Defense Health Agency is actually old news. NHB began the conversion process – albeit well behind the scenes - to...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - The initial diagnosis of a debilitating injury or illness can be devastating for patients to hear; for some, understanding and following a treatment plan can be overwhelming and time consuming. The Navy Case Management program is available to support patients with complex or...

PHILADELPHIA - Senior U.S. Navy leaders joined partners from the Department of Defense, industry, and academia in the formal Signing Day Ceremony of the Pennsylvania Talent Pipeline Project, a program that aims to reinvigorate the defense trade skills workforce across Philadelphia and the...

HELSINKI, Finland - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) and Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) arrived in Helsinki, Finland for scheduled port visits, May 27, 2022...

SAN DIEGO - Lieutenant Jonathan (Jon) Hilzinger, an instructor at Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC), San Diego, was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation medal for non-combat heroism on Mar. 25, 2022, from Capt. Marc Ratkus, commanding officer, Center for Information Warfare...

PORT OF LOS ANGELES - Sailors and Marines worked in collaboration with first responders from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and with the city and county of Los Angeles during a Defense Support of Civil Authority (DSCA) exercise held in conjunction with Los Angeles Fleet Week (LAFW), May...

LOS ANGELES – Sailors, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27), and Marines, assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, volunteered at St. Francis Center to provide clothing, and food to the unhoused in support of Los Angeles Fleet Week (LAFW), May 25...

NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE FORT WORTH, Texas - Navy Reserve Region Readiness and Mobilization Command Fort Worth (REDCOM FW) Commander Capt. Mark Hofmann presented three Commendation Medals and two Achievement Medals to five Navy Reserve Center (NRC) Shreveport Sailors, May 15, for their...