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Beginning in February of 2013, All Hands Magazine returned to publication with an all-electronic format. The new format allows the magazine to deliver content much faster than the print version, while adding the capability of video to the mix. Here you will find all of our digital stories from the year you selected, in order of most recent to oldest.

  • Midshipmen Set Sail in Military Bowl

    Navy wins in record fashion

    29 December 2015

    The U. S. Naval Academy Midshipmen squared off on the gridiron against the University of Pittsburg Panthers at the 8th Annual Military Bowl at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium presented by Northrop Grumman.

  • Women Wanted for RDC Duty

    With an increase in job openings for women, RTC needs more female role models

    29 December 2015

    The Navy hasn't been quiet about its need for female Recruit Division Commanders. Since 2010 the Navy has been pushing hard for more women to make their way to Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes and into leadership positions.

  • MARMC's Fab Lab Helps Sailors Get Creative

    CS2 goes from kitchen creations to building an MP3 player

    28 December 2015

    When Culinary Specialist (CS) 2nd Class Kirstene Edwards, assigned to Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), found out she was selected for Fab Lab training, she was both happy and scared.

  • These Tears Build Confidence

    Recruit Training Command's confidence chamber

    23 December 2015

    The fear was real. Recruits have been going through the process since the early 1900s. Yet, that did not ease their anxiety.

  • An Unbroken Spirit

    Still part of the Navy family

    21 December 2015

    It was after a snow storm when Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Laurie Wood saw her 9-year-old son outside. She peered out the window to see him scraping snow and ice from the wheel chair ramp leading up to their Norfolk home.

  • New Range, New Bullets, Same Course

    Sailors complete training at Crew-Served Weapons Instructor Course

    18 December 2015

    Sailors enrolled in the Center for Security Forces (CENSECFOR) Crew-Served Weapons (CSW) Instructor Course completed a training exercise using innovative training rounds at a new gun range on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story Nov. 4.

  • Balance, Bonding and Expectations

    One mother's advice for military parents

    17 December 2015

    Finally, the day had come! The end of the seven month deployment was here! I was so anxious to finally pull in to see my husband and kids on the pier. I had seen all of the sappy commercials and television shows about homecomings and spent 210 days envisioning ours.

  • Easing Into Weapons

    The guns may be a simulation, but the effects are very real

    16 December 2015

    At Recruit Training Command (RTC), Sailors are learning a skill that can potentially save not only their life but many other lives as well. That skill is learning how to aim and fire a gun. While it's hopeful that they will never have to use it, it's also a terrifying reality being in the military.

  • Tribute to the Fallen: Wreaths Across America

    Remembering sacrifices this holiday season

    15 December 2015

    A brisk wind rustles up fallen leaves and sweeps past the marble headstones of Arlington National Cemetery.

  • Sailors Wanted on Spaceships

    NASA applications now being accepted

    14 December 2015

    NASA is now accepting applications, and in an attempt to cast the net as wide as possible, the program has been opened up to enlisted service members as well as officers.

  • The Record Breaker

    Midshipman Keenan Reynolds

    11 December 2015

    Keenan Reynolds wanted to be a quarterback. Other colleges showed interest in him for other positions, but Reynolds wasn't budging. The Navy gave Keenan what he wanted, and in return Keenan has pushed Navy Football into the mainstream.

  • Post 9/11 GI Bill

    7 Things You Need to Remember about Transferring your Education Benefits

    11 December 2015

    The Post-9/11 GI Bill is an exceptional benefit provided by the U.S. government to Sailors for their military service. Individuals can choose to use it for their own education, or transfer their eligibility to family members.

  • Cutting the Light Bill

    Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham uses solar energy to power the base

    10 December 2015

    Enough sunlight hits the earth's surface in 1.5 hours to power the entire world's electricity consumption for a year.

  • Honor and Balsam: Wreaths Across America

    Remembering the sacrifices veterans gave to our nation

    9 December 2015

    Nestled in the tiny old seafaring New England village of Columbia Falls, Maine, lies a forest of over 5,000 acres of Balsam fir trees.

  • On Pins and Needles

    Boot camp recruits get their immunizations during P-Days

    8 December 2015

    How does your world's greatest Navy become the top nautical fighting force the world has ever seen? It all begins with a shot.

  • USS New York BB 34, LPD 21: Generations Apart but Forever Bound

    Two Sailors talk of the difference 70 years makes

    4 December 2015

    It's early December 1944. The United States has left three years of war in its wake since the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor.

  • The Arizona - Hawaii's Ocean Front Property

    Memorial draws more than 1.8 million visitors a year

    4 December 2015

    The Seabees said it best when they sang "and we promise to remember, the 7th of December."

  • Make em' Laugh

    Petty Officer launches viral videos

    3 December 2015

    Some of you know him as Chalee Jr. His friends and family know him as Tank. But most of his military brothers and sisters know him as the dude from the facebook videos.

  • Destination NSA Bahrain

    The west inside the east

    1 December 2015

    It's time to transfer. The last three months have been spent in cold, wet Bremerton, Washington, and you are hoping for something different - Warm weather, nice beaches, history-rich museums, lavish shopping and the occasional sand storm.

  • Chaplains at Sea

    Providing for the spiritual needs of the crew

    30 November 2015

    Flames flicker on clean white candles, Sailors shuffle through rows of pews to get a seat, and F/A-18 Super Hornets slam down on the flight deck ten feet above.

  • Fall Petty Officer Advancement Results Announced

    More than 23,000 Sailors selected for Advancement

    25 November 2015

    The Navy released the names Nov. 25 of 18,491 active duty, 2,483 Reserve and 534 Full Time Support (FTS)Sailors selected for advancement during the 2015 fall advancement cycle to E-4, E-5, and E-6, Nov. 25.

  • Hold Fast - Part 3

    Into the gut of Beirut

    24 November 2015

    Clint Suggs, still blindfolded, was forced into a seat next to Tony Watson in coach. "Clint, are you okay?" Tony whispered. "Tony. They just shot Bob."

  • Team Searches for Vanished U.S. - Flagged Vessel

    Joint team searches for El Faro

    23 November 2015

    Working around the clock, an ad hoc civilian-military team goes to great lengths, and depths to find the sunken merchant vessel El Faro.

  • Petty Officer Advancement Quotas Cycle 228

    More competition results in slight advancement decrease

    19 November 2015

    E-4, E-5, and E-6 advancement quotas released November 19.

  • Side by Side

    CTG 56.1 Dives with Bahrain Coast Guard

    18 November 2015

    Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians engage in missions that take them to all environments, and every climate, in every part of the world. They perform land and underwater location, identification, render-safe and recovery (or disposal) of foreign and domestic ordnance.

  • Hold Fast - Part 2

    The Darkest Day

    17 November 2015

    The pistol's barrel pressed firmly against his head. Tony Watson knew he was about to die. "This is it," he thought as the adrenaline began to rush. "You diplomat?" screamed the hijacker holding Tony's passport.

  • Sailors Rank Up Thanks to MAP

    Just because you didn't make rank doesn't mean you're out of luck!

    16 November 2015

    U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) played a major role in the implementation of the Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP), helping to catapult the number of on-the-spot advancement quotas used Navy-wide to 99.5 percent this year.

  • The Power of the Sun

    NAVFAC Hawaii is using the sun to heat water

    13 November 2015

    Last year, over 10 million megawatt hours of energy were sold by Hawaii electric utilities and more than 46 million barrels of petroleum were imported for Hawaii's total energy use.

  • Taking Care of His Own

    Navy vet tends to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

    12 November 2015

    Veterans Day serves as a time to celebrate and honor American veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the preservation and protection of the nation. For some veterans, taking time to honor and remember those who served is a way of life.

  • Hold Fast - Part 1

    Six Navy Divers of UCT 1 and Their Unimaginable Ordeal

    10 November 2015

    It was another typical early spring morning at the Underwater Construction Team ONE headquarters in Little Creek, Va., when Bobby Stethem reported for duty.

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