Photo by Willie Kendrick | Defense Media Activity - Navy Production | 01.08.2025
Doris ("Dorie") Miller enlisted in the U.S. Navy in September 1939 as a Mess Attendant. Miller started competition boxing, becoming the ship's heavyweight champion on the to the Colorado-class battleship West Virginia (BB-48). December 7, 1941, Miller helped carry wounded sailors to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Miller then manned an anti-aircraft gun, despite no prior training in......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Brown | USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) | 12.06.2024
Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Airman Dalton Blake, from Aloha, Oregon, poses for a portrait in the Ronald Reagan museum onboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations, Dec. 7, 2024. Blake’s inspiration for joining the Navy was his great uncle, Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Marshall Coffman, who perished during......
Photo by Kaylon Chladek | U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery | 12.05.2024
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Dec. 6, 2024) U.S. Navy Chaplain Capt. Randall Ekstrom speaks during the 83rd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony at U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) headquarters, Dec. 6. On Dec. 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing more than 2,000 service members and civilians and injuring over 1,000 more. Those who......
Photo by Master Sgt. Courtney Richardson | 944th Fighter Wing | 07.29.2024
An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 47th Fighter Squadron sits on the flightline at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 30, 2024, during the unit’s participation in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. The U.S. Air Force is executing a phased retirement of the A-10 Thunderbolt II fleet, aiming for complete divestment by 2029. The U.S. Air Force is executing a phased retirement of the A-10 Thunderbolt II......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tristan Moore | 8th Theater Sustainment Command | 05.16.2024
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 8th Special Troops Battalion, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, assists loading equipment assigned to 25th Infantry Division on to Logistical Support Vessel 4, Lt. General William B. Bunker, at Joint Base Pear Harbor-Hickam on 15 May, 2024....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tristan Moore | 8th Theater Sustainment Command | 05.16.2024
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 8th Special Troops Battalion, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, assists loading equipment assigned to 25th Infantry Division on to Logistical Support Vessel 4, Lt. General William B. Bunker, at Joint Base Pear Harbor-Hickam on 15 May, 2024....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tristan Moore | 8th Theater Sustainment Command | 05.16.2024
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 8th Special Troops Battalion, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, assists loading equipment assigned to 25th Infantry Division on to Logistical Support Vessel 4, Lt. General William B. Bunker, at Joint Base Pear Harbor-Hickam on 15 May, 2024....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tristan Moore | 8th Theater Sustainment Command | 05.16.2024
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 8th Special Troops Battalion, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, assists loading equipment assigned to 25th Infantry Division on to Logistical Support Vessel 4, Lt. General William B. Bunker, at Joint Base Pear Harbor-Hickam on 15 May, 2024....
