07 December 2016 Sunset Memorial Held for USS Utah Sailors As the sun slowly sets on the horizon, forming a golden hue in the clouds, Pearl Harbor survivors, World War II veterans and guests, gathered at the USS Utah Memorial on Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for a sunset tribute, Dec. 6...
07 December 2016 Peace and Reconciliation Emphasized at Annual Blackened Canteen Ceremony On a warm June evening in 1945, in the skies over Shizuoka, Japan, two U.S. Army Air Force B-29s from 314th Bomb Wing collided during a planned bombing raid, killing all 23 American crewmen on board...
06 December 2016 Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet and USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park Unveil New Submarine Exhibit Rear Adm. Frederick "Fritz" J. Roegge in partnership with Chuck Merkel, executive director of the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, unveiled a new submarine exhibit in honor of the 75th commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, Dec. 6...
06 December 2016 NOSC Tucson Commanding Officer Relieved Commander, Navy Region Southwest Reserve Component Command, San Diego, Capt. Doug Stuffle, U.S. Navy, has relieved Cmdr. Jonathan W. Morton, commanding officer of Navy Operational Support Center Tucson, Arizona, due to loss of confidence...
06 December 2016 Stickles Heads VAQ-130 "Zappers" The "Zappers" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 held a change of command ceremony aboard aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 6...
06 December 2016 Rivalry Comes to the Ice: Navy and Army Square Off in D.C. Before the Navy Midshipmen and Army Black Knights meet on the gridiron in the 117th Army - Navy game Dec. 10, servicemembers took their storied rivalry to the ice at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5...
06 December 2016 Africa Partnership Station: Building Trust, Friendship during Belgian Naval Ship Godetia's Maritime Capacity-Building 2016 Deployment Belgian navy ship Godetia glides up the narrow channel of the Wauri River on the approach to the port of Douala, Cameroon. Small fishing canoes paddle past, their occupants tending nets, oblivious to the gray ship...
06 December 2016 Pearl Harbor White Boat Crew Reflect on Significance of History and Tradition as 75th Anniversary Draws Near "I've been looking forward to this moment for quite a while now, and it's finally near," says Petty Officer 1st Class Wren Pettett of Atoka, Oklahoma. "You always hear so much about the history of Pearl Harbor, but to actually be a part of that history... ."...
06 December 2016 Pearl Harbor Survivor Becomes Honorary U.S. Pacific Fleet Band Bandmaster He steps on stage, takes in and releases a deep breath; pausing just for a moment. He looks out over a sea of Sailors armed with musical instruments. His hands raise, and with a smile on his face, he delivers the signal to begin playing...
05 December 2016 Navy Hosts 2nd Annual Future Strategy Forum The Navy kicked off the second annual Future Strategy Forum today at the Naval Heritage Center's Burke Theater in Washington, D.C...