Petty Officer 1st Class Derrick Battle, a native of Portsmouth, Virginia, serves the U.S. Navy aboard one of the world’s largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Manvir Gill Battle joined the Navy 16 years ago. Today, Battle serves as an aviation boatswain’s mate (handler).…… Continue Reading
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jabrel Donsonwhite, a native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, serves the U.S. Navy aboard a U.S. Navy warship operating out of Norfolk. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christine Montgomery Donsonwhite joined the Navy one year ago. Today, Donsonwhite serves as an information systems technician aboard USS Bulkeley. “I wanted to…… Continue Reading
Chief Petty Officer Nicholas Camp, a native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, serves the U.S. Navy aboard U.S. Navy warship operating out of Norfolk. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christine Montgomery Camp joined the Navy 16 years ago. Today, Camp serves as an electronic technician chief aboard USS Truxtun. “I wanted to do something…… Continue Reading
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Jake Nowell, left, from Chesapeake, Virginia, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Aubrey Bogle, from Balch Springs, Texas, direct the pilot of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the “Dragonslayers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11, on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS…… Continue Reading
Cmdr. Scott Jones, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), right, reads an Oath of Office to Lt. James Midkiff, from Chesapeake, Va., during his promotion ceremony in the ship’s wardroom, Jan. 1, 2022. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its 12th patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area…… Continue Reading
Military families can visit Virginia Beach’s interactive learning center for free. In July 2021, the Anthony L. and Hideko S. Burgess Interactive Learning Center (ILC) was officially added to the map of Blue Star Museums. As a part of the Blue Star program, the ILC offers free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families,…… Continue Reading
Petty Officer 2nd Class Tikina Carpenter, a native of Newport News, Virginia, is serving with the U.S. Navy’s Electronic Attack Squadron 135. Photo by Lt. Cmdr. Jake Joy, Navy Office of Community Outreach “I worked in the local veteran’s hospital and felt that serving would be a nice way to pay them back for what…… Continue Reading
A group of Marines in their dress uniforms trudged through floodwaters near the Pentagon to help a stranded motorist. A torrential downpour had flooded a number of roads in the area, and the Marines pushed the car out. In the video shared on TikTok, a woman in the car says, “The Marines are going to…… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Electronics Technician 2nd Class David Hammers, right, from Norfolk, Va., who received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal from Cmdr. Joseph Burgon, from Cottonwood, Calif., aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 24. Charleston, part of Destroyer Squadron Seven, is on a rotational deployment operating in the U.S.…… Continue Reading
The Department of Defense announced that it is expanding access to the military exchange stores to DoD and Coast Guard civilian employees with a Common Access Card. This will include in-store and online exchange shopping privileges to civilian employees who work in the U.S. and in U.S. territories and possessions. Those eligible will now be…… Continue Reading