A Navy MH-60R helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75 suffered a hard landing while conducting routine training on board Naval Air Station North Island, Dec. 12 at approximately 11 p.m. local time. The Navy helicopter was operated by four HSM-75 aircrew personnel. Two of
A Sailor assigned to USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) died Dec. 12 from injuries sustained from a fall in the ship’s well deck while underway off the coast of North Carolina. Following lifesaving efforts by the ship’s emergency medical team, the Sailor was evacuated via Navy helicopter to Pitt Memorial Trau
Seafarers International Union (SIU) contracted Ocean Ships, Inc. has won the operating contract for three new mobile landing platform (MLP) vessels, signaling new jobs for Seafarers. The vessels are being built at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego; they are the USNS Montford Point, USNS John Glen
Three hundred sixty-five Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) were frocked to the next pay grade during a ceremony held in Naval Station Everett’s base gym, Dec. 11. The newly advanced petty officers consisted of 200 third class petty officers, 126 second class petty officers and 39
Sailors on board a Royal Navy warship for the festive season are being kept on their toes as they knuckle down to a five¬month stint in the Indian Ocean and Middle East. Devonport based frigate HMS Northumberland has recently taken over from her sister ship HMS Sutherland as one of two British friga
One hundred and seventy seven Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) were advanced to the next highest pay grade during a ceremony held in the ship’s hangar bay Dec. 6. For the last three advancement cycles, Boxer has been consistently above the Fleet average in the E-4 th
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and personnel from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System program office (PMA-268) integrated test team made history Dec. 9 as they taxied an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft for the first time aboard a carrie
One of the U.S. Navy’s battery-powered vehicles has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico near Panama City, News Herald informs. Naval command lost contact with the 6-feet long Remus 100 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle on Thursday night during a training exercise. The UUV was heading north after the loss of c
Sailors assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) completed two days of back-to-back community service (COMSERV) projects at the Chao King senior community center and Sunshine Action youth center, Dec. 4-5. Sailors traveled throughout the city, led by Frank Cable chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Jo
Officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for a Military Construction (MILCON) project at the Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD), Dec. 5. MILCON P927 includes plans for two new structures to house the Ground Ordnance Division, Core Division and the Tools and Methods Division, as
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on December 7 that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $54 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for life-cycle engineering and support services on the U.S. Navy’s USS San Antonio (LPD 17) class of amphibious transport docks. This is the third
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on December 7 that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the amphibious transport dock Arlington (LPD 24) to the U.S. Navy. Arlington is the eighth ship in the LPD 17 class of ships Ingalls has delivered to the Navy. “The delivery of LPD 24 caps an o
Service members and civilians stationed at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples gathered at the Capodichino Reel Time Theater Friday morning to take part in a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony Dec 7. The yearly remembrance ceremony is held to honor the service members who were present at the attack o
The Harlem Globetrotters visited the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Dec. 6-7, bringing basketball and entertainment to Stennis Sailors deployed in the Persian Gulf (also known as the Arabian Gulf). The Globetrotters have entertained more than 123 million people in more th
