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SAN DIEGO – The Junior Enlisted Association aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA7) was awarded the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award for the calendar year 2023. Bob Feller was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians from 1936 to 1956. In 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Feller […]

It is a rare occasion to have members of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, visit a school to talk to young people about their culture of excellence and how they advanced in their careers. But that’s exactly what happened on Sept. 22 at Del Norte High School in San Diego. Lt. Cmdr. […]

The objective of the training was to raise awareness about suicides within the community and reassure spouses that they are not alone in this fight.

Leaders from across the Navy and defense industry gathered to discuss the future of naval surface warfare at the fourth annual Surface Navy Association (SNA) West Coast Waterfront Symposium aboard Naval Base San Diego on Sept. 13-14. The theme of the professional development event was “Ready Today, Preparing for Tomorrow,” which transitioned well from the […]

The 2023 West Coast Naval Special Warfare Family Day took place on Sept. 10 at the Silver Strand Training Complex. The event included the U.S. Navy Parachute Team (the Leap Frogs), a Navy Special Warfare canine handler and comments from Rear Adm. Keith B. Davids, commander, Naval Special Warfare Command. The event was to showcase […]

The Navy revitalization of Naval Base Point Loma, Old Town Campus (OTC) is now progressing to the next stage of the project timeline, with the full support of San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria. Gloria and Meredith Berger, assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations & environment/chief sustainability officer, addressed the OTC revitalization, which would […]

The Essex Culinary Specialist is headed to Olympics as the ship is docked in San Diego.

Retired Adm. William McRaven, SEAL Team THREE’s 20th commanding officer, gave the opening remarks and gave the plankowners – the founding members of the team – his thanks on Aug. 5.

POINT MUGU (NNS) – The Chapel of Faith onboard Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu has resumed regular worship services for the first time since April 20, 2014. In 2022, Cmdr. Song Hwang, chaplain, NBVC, began announcing the needs for religious support and partnerships on base through community outreach. “We’ve been listening to the […]

DENVER, Colo. – “Living the Dream,” is a phrase that gets thrown around quite often. For one Navy petty officer, he actually is living the dream, it just wasn’t initially his.Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Gerard Joseph Portez chose to fulfill his father’s dream when he decided to join the military. Portez was in his third […]

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Timothy Pryor, assigned to 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, left the enlisted ranks and became a commissioned officer in a ceremony held on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum on July 11. Pryor, a San Diego native, spent more than eight years serving in the U.S. Navy […]

CARTAGENA, Colombia – East-Coast-Based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEAL) showcased their capabilities and strengthened international partnerships during their participation in the multinational exercise UNITAS 64. As part of the exercise, SEALs trained alongside partner nation special operations forces in submarine operations, visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS), and close quarters combat (CQC), reaffirming the importance […]