16 May 2023 The U.S. Naval Observatory: Providing Precision Time and Location Data for the U.S. Department of Defense—and the Entire World Stennis Space Center, Miss. -- The U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO), the historic origin of METOC, today performs some of the American Military’s most technical, far-reaching, and critically-important work.
09 May 2023 2023 New Year’s Day Deck Log Contest Winners Announced WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, D.C. - “As New Year’s bells ring out tonight/ We celebrate our warship’s might/ In poetic form we must recall/Bunker Hill’s life before her 2023 mothball” wrote Lt. Artem Sherbinin on the first night of 2023 while aboard USS Bunker Hill (CG
03 May 2023 Navy Medicine at War: Stories of Service and Sacrifice at the Battle of Coral Sea FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Following the fall of Corregidor and Singapore, the Imperial Japanese Navy shifted their focus to Port Moresby, the strategically important capital of Papua New Guinea. Their goal: to cut off allied supply lines to Australia. Standing in their way were two Navy U.S. Carrier
04 April 2023 Center for Information Warfare Training Celebrates the 130th Birthday of the Chief Petty Officer Rate PENSACOLA, Fla. - Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) headquarters held a Khaki and Cake cutting ceremony for the 130th Birthday of the rate of Chief Petty Officer (CPO) on March 31, 2023.
17 February 2023 The Hospital Corpsmen of Iwo Jima: Stories of Valor and Sacrifice FALLS CHURCH, Va. - At 0900 on February 19th, 1945, the first assault waves from the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions hit the beaches of Iwo Jima. Embedded within these units were corpsmen like Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Stanley Dabrowski, of New Britain, Conn., who remembered the
16 February 2023 Wreck Site Identified as World War II Submarine USS Albacore (SS 218) WASHINGTON - Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) confirmed the identity of a wreck site off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, as USS Albacore (SS 218) Feb. 16.
20 January 2023 Our Yard History: Unsung Heroes of Public Works Maintenance PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Unsung heroes; the men of Public Works past are whom we honor. Those men who kept our facilities functioning within this complex performance of basic shipyard facility support are the true backstage hands that the waterfront audience never really saw yet for brief public
20 January 2023 William Harkness – From Civil War Surgery to Astronomy STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Naval Meteorology and Oceanographic Command honors William Harkness for contributions to astronomy during many years spent at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
20 January 2023 Dean Bumpus: Tracking Ocean Currents STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Naval Meteorology and Oceanographic Command recognizes Dean Bumpus for his outstanding dedication and achievements in oceanography.
19 January 2023 Silver Star Awarded to Naval Special Warfare Legend CORONADO, Calif. - A half-century ago, Lt. j.g. Thomas Richards, fighting through injury and exhaustion in the rice paddies of Vietnam, made repeated trips through enemy gunfire to rescue three injured SEAL Team One Zulu Platoon teammates. Nicknamed "The Hulk" for his size and strength,