Category Archives: Military Corner

Service Member Spotlight: U.S. Navy Lt. Mason Hunerkoch from Virginia Beach, Va

Service Member Spotlight: U.S. Navy Lt. Mason Hunerkoch from Virginia Beach, Va

U.S. Navy Lt. Mason Hunerkoch, from Virginia Beach, Va., fires an M9 service pistol during a small arms live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations…more »

Norfolk native serves aboard USS Harry S. Truman

Norfolk native serves aboard USS Harry S. Truman

NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 1, 2022) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Kayla Smith, from Norfolk, Virginia, uses a magnet to pick up foreign object and debris on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), December 1, 2022. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike…more »

Norfolk Native Serves Aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

Norfolk Native Serves Aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

Logistics Specialist 1st Class Sheba Kanjelkheir, from Norfolk, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), moves cargo during a vertical replenishment with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler Kanawha (T-AO 196) while participating the NATO-led vigilance activity Neptune Strike 22.2 (NEST 22.2), in the Adriatic Sea, Oct. 20, 2022.…more »

Virginia Beach Native Serves Aboard USS Portland

Virginia Beach Native Serves Aboard USS Portland

Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Matthew Sanchez, left, from Long Island, New York, and Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Keizha Vergara, right, from Virginia Beach, Virginia, prepare a cake for the Navy’s 247th Birthday celebration aboard amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27), Oct. 12, 2022. Portland is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock homeported in San Diego.more »

Chesapeake native turns over command at Strike Group Oceanography Team Norfolk

Chesapeake native turns over command at Strike Group Oceanography Team Norfolk

Chesapeake native turns over command at Strike Group Oceanography Team Norfolk. Cmdr. Matthew Cushanick was relieved by Cmdr. Kristine Bench as Commanding Officer, Strike Group Oceanography Team Norfolk (SGOT-N), in a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, 16 September, 2022.   Friends, family, and military personnel gathered to wish fair winds and following seas to Cmdr.…more »