23 August 2017 SWOSU Great Lakes Hosts Navy Senior Engineer Leadership Surface Warfare Officer School Unit (SWOSU) Great Lakes hosted an annual leadership summit for senior engineer officers and enlisted throughout the Navy, onboard Naval Station Great Lakes, August 22-23...
23 August 2017 Office of Supply Corps Personnel Roadshow Visits Yokosuka Fleet Logistics Center The Office of Supply Corps Personnel roadshow made a stop in Japan to provide career guidance and advice to supply officers at Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Yokosuka, Aug. 22...
22 August 2017 Surface Warfare Officer School Hosts Navy ROTC Midshipmen National Shiphandler of the Year Competition Navy ROTC Midshipman 1st Class Gordon Kiesling, 22, from Nashville, Tennessee, was named the 2017 Navy ROTC National Shiphandler of the Year at Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS) in Newport, Rhode Island, Aug. 17...
21 August 2017 Beat the Heat A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is arguably one of the most dangerous work places in the world. Aircraft loaded with ordnance are launched day and night in some of the most hostile areas of the world; but the enemy and workplace hazards aren't the only danger...
21 August 2017 What's With the Heat!? Visible heat spans across the flight deck under the smoldering sun in the Arabian Gulf. A blanket of haze surrounds the ship and the minimal cloud coverage makes next to no difference...
21 August 2017 Drenched: A First Timer's Perspective On Enduring The Arabian Gulf Heat "As I take a step in to the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), my glasses and camera lens fogs up instantaneously."...
18 August 2017 NSA Washington's Fleet and Family Support Center Hosts Monthly Classes on Blended Retirement Naval Support Activity (NSA) Washington's Fleet and Family Support Center on the Washington Navy Yard is scheduled to begin monthly Blended Retirement System (BRS) classes for service members and their families starting August 29...
17 August 2017 By the Book: Meet the 2017 Protocol Officer of the Year From the proper etiquette of entering a room at an important ceremony, to facilitating international communication and cooperation with top foreign dignitaries and senior officers, a protocol officer's job is complex and important...
15 August 2017 Past Connects with Future As 85 Apprentice School Graduates Enter Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Work Force Lewis Walters was a 16-year-old apprentice at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard when he answered the urgent radio call that "all government workers report to your assigned duty stations" on Dec. 7, 1941...
15 August 2017 Coping with Stress and Trauma The U.S. Navy is usually among the first organizations worldwide to respond to devastating natural disasters, providing supplies and medical care. But often the victims need more than the basic necessities of life. They may need help healing their hearts and their minds as they struggle to...