Navy

Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Vincent Meza, assigned to the “Eightballers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, surveys a landing site on San Clemente Island.

As Ukraine continues to urge the West for faster delivery of air defense weapons like the NASAMS (Norweigian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System), an up-and-comer in the field is trying to disrupt aerial battles.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Manny, the depot mascot for Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, attends the U.S. Navy’s 247th birthday cake cutting ceremony aboard MCRD San Diego, Oct. 13, 2022.

The U.S. Navy conducted an annual coastal cleanup on the remote beaches of San Nicolas Island (SNI), the most isolated of the California Channel Islands, located sixty-five miles offshore, and South of Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu.

The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) arrived in Manila for a routine port visit while on patrol in U.S. 7th Fleet, Oct. 14.

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Keppen, former Eastern Sector deputy commander, received a Joint Service Commendation Medal (JSCM) during an awards ceremony at headquarters, Oct. 12.

Led by the Royal Saudi Navy, CTF 150 is one of four task forces under Combined Maritime Forces, the largest multinational naval partnership in the world.

After two arduous years, American engineer and US Navy veteran Mark Randall Frerichs was finally released by the Taliban after President Joe Biden agreed to a prisoner swap deal.

The CH-53 Sea Stallion and MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopters have been mainstays of the Navy and Marine Corps for decades.

Decatur is currently operating with Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

When Michaela Nicole Emert recently arrived one morning at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Everett, she was a hospital corpsman second class petty officer. She departed that same day as a commissioned officer in the Navy’s Medical Service Corps. For Emert, becoming a laboratory officer not only advances her chosen career specialty on an upward […]

“It is really a stepping-stone kind of approach from my perspective. It is a chance for us to really find areas where we can improve,” the captain said.