Player Embed Code: Download Embed Share Life of a Boatswain's Mate U.S. Navy Feb. 12, 2026 | 0:35 Above or below decks, teamwork isn't just a concept, it's a lifeline. From line handling to small boat operations, our Boatswain's Mates work as one. Show your support for one of the original rates that keep us mission-ready!
16 May 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams BLUE MILCREW Begins Deployment The Blue military crew (MILCREW) of the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) and the ship’s Military Sealift Command Civilian Mariners (CIVMARs) departed Civitavecchia, Italy, to begin a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, May 14, 2022...
16 May 2022 U.S., Estonia Kick Off Exercise Hedgehog 22 TALLINN, Estonia - Members of Task Force 61 Naval Amphibious Forces Europe/2d Marine Division (TF-61/2), operating under U.S. Sixth Fleet, joined their Estonian counterparts to kick off exercise Siil 22, also known in English as Exercise Hedgehog, in Tallinn, Estonia, May 16...
16 May 2022 Mare Aperto 22-1: U.S. Sixth Fleet trains alongside Italian and Allied navies Units and personnel from U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet joined their Italian counterparts and other Allied navies in the Italian-led exercise Mare Aperto 22-1/Italian Minex 22 in the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, May 15, 2022...
14 May 2022 USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. Commissions CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121), May 14 in Charleston, South Carolina...