240822-N-XO016-1082 CHANIA, Greece (Aug. 22, 2024) The guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) sails in Chania harbor to the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) to assume a nested mooring configuration, Aug. 22, 2024. Arleigh Burke is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. 6th Fleet to defend U.S., … [Read more...]
Navy Divers Showcase Expertise
A U.S. Navy diver from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 enters the water during a simulated anti-terrorism force protection (ATFP) dive off the side of the ex-USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) in the NAVSEA Inactive Ships Maintenance Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 2024. MDSU 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 are training as an integrated team … [Read more...]
Marines and Sailors Improve Barracks Conditions
U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Adam T. Taitano, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion logistics officer along with U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared R. Wilbanks, 1st CEB combat engineer, fix a door lock during Operation Clean Sweep at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 29, 2024. Operation Clean Sweep is a joint initiative between Marine Corps Installations West and I Marine … [Read more...]
Actor Humphrey Bogart Served During WWI and WWII
NOVEMBER 27, 2024 - Actor Humphrey Bogart is best known for his leading roles in the films "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), "Casablanca" (1942), "The African Queen" (1951), "The Caine Mutiny" (1954) and more. Lesser known is that Bogart also served in World War I in the Navy and during World War II in the Coast Guard. In the Spring of 1918 during World War I, Bogart, 18, … [Read more...]
USS Indianapolis Returns from Deployment
NOVEMBER 27, 2024 - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) returned to Naval Station Mayport, Fla. following a deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet, 6th Fleet, and 2nd Fleet areas of operations, Nov. 26. Indianapolis deployed in March 2024 as a dual-crewed command, conducting two exchanges of command between LCS Crew 112 and LCS Crew 118. This final … [Read more...]