Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Apprentice Jack Hadley, from Chesapeake, Virginia, assigned to the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, cleans the port main landing gear on an F/A-18F Super Hornet, on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Aug. 5, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier…… more »
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Portsmouth Native Participates in World’s Largest International Maritime Warfare Exercise
Service Member Spotlight: brought to you by Cardo Max. By Yeoman 1st Class April T. Copeland, Navy Office of Community Outreach A 2016 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate and Portsmouth, Virginia, native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC). Photo by…… more »
Service Member Spotlight: Old Dominion University Graduate Assumes Command of NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic
U.S. Navy Capt. Matthew C. Riethmiller assumed the duties of Commanding Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic (NAVFAC MIDLANT), July 22. Riethmiller, who has served in the Navy for 26 years, was commissioned in November of 1996 through the Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida. He is an alumnus of Ohio State University in…… more »
Service Dogs Visit Navy Sailors Aboard USS George H.W. Bush to Aid in Stress Relief Ahead of Deployment
Mutts With A Mission and USO stopped by to bring some paws-itivity to the crew on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) this Wednesday (July 19). The canines are visiting the ship once a week throughout the month of July to increase morale, joy, connectedness, and decrease stress for Sailors as…… more »
Blue Angels Announce First Female Pilot, an ODU Grad Based at Oceana
The Blue Angels have added the first female demonstration jet pilot to its aerial demonstration team. Lt. Amanda Lee, an ODU graduate based at Oceana, is the newest core member of the Navy’s famed team. Lee is currently assigned to the “Gladiators” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 and goes by the call sign “Stalin.”…… more »
Norfolk Native Awarded Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
Norfolk, Virginia, native, Fireman Skyler Brooks, was awarded the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal aboard USS Constitution, July 14th. The Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal is awarded to service members who perform outstanding volunteer community service of a sustained, direct and consequential nature. “I’m glad I’m at a place that gives me a plethora of…… more »
Service Member Spotlight: Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Devin Krause
Service Member Spotlight is brought to you by Cardo Max. Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Devin Krause, from Virginia Beach, Virginia, assigned to the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, installs a jet engine on an F/A-18F Super Hornet in the hangar bay of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), July 12, 2022.…… more »
Service Member Spotlight: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raphael McCorey
U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raphael McCorey, from Chesapeake, Virginia, performed the National Anthem during a Fourth of July celebration aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) while underway for Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief…… more »
Service Member Spotlight: Lt. Matthew Starr, from Norfolk, Va
Lt. Matthew Starr, from Norfolk, Va., conducts pre-flight maintenance checks on an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the “Dragon Whales” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in the Baltic Sea during exercise BALTOPS22. BALTOPS22 is the premier maritime-focused exercise in…… more »
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Delivers U.S. Flags to Local Funeral Home in Honor of Flag Day
The Norfolk Naval Shipyard delivered 137 U.S. flags to a local funeral home to honor fallen veterans this Flag Day. The tradition began six years ago when Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Veteran Employee Readiness Group partnered with Sturtevant Funeral Home to create the “Retire Your Flag Program.” Citizens are invited to bring flags no longer…… more »