More than 140 senior military officers and civilian senior executive service personnel took part in a series of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) mentoring sessions targeted at high schoolers, Feb. 19, during the BEYA (Black Engineer of the Year Awards) conference in Philadelphia...

Navy Child and Youth Programs (CYP) is currently accepting applications through April 8 for the 2016 Navy Teen Summer Camp Scholarship Program (SCSP)...

The 11th annual "Stars and Stripes" dinner and awards program and the 30th annual Black Engineer of the Year Award STEM conference were held, Feb. 19, in Philadelphia, recognizing top-performing African-American military and civilian leaders in the armed forces...

U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Feb. 22, to patrol the 7th Fleet area of operations, strengthening and supporting strong relationships and partnerships throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific region...

Guest speaker and former New York Jets football player Cornell Gordon helped commemorate African American/Black History Month with Sailors and civilians assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) in Little Creek, Feb. 19...

USS Carney (DDG 64) arrived in Haifa, Israel, for a scheduled port visit, Feb. 21...

The crew of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) committed the cremains of 15 deceased military members during a burial at sea ceremony, Feb. 17...

USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), a San Diego-based littoral combat ship (LCS), arrived at the BAE shipyard in Mayport, Florida, Feb. 19...

San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) pulled out of Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego, Feb. 19, after hosting over 2,400 locals and foreign nationals for tours of the ship...

Delegates from the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet met with members of Marina de Guerra del Per (MGP-Peruvian Navy), Feb.17-18, during the annual Operational Naval Committee (ONC) conference...