Story by Willie Kendrick | Defense Media Activity - Navy Production | 04.01.2025
Damage Controlman (DC) Enlisted Rate vectored file and PNG file with transparent background.
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Ryre Arciaga | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 05.18.2023
Fireman Faustita Asano is a Damage Controlman, also known as DC, serving aboard USS Antietam, forward-deployed to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Alora Ravenwood | USS WASP (LHD 1) | 11.15.2022
USS Wasp (LHD 1) prepares to undergo Damage Control Material Assessment prior to beginning Basic Phase.
Story by Chief Petty Officer Brandie Nix | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 11.10.2022
Meet Damage Controlman 2nd Class Adam Vincent! He is currently an instructor at the Navy's only boot camp.
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Santiago Navarro | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 06.17.2022
PHILIPPINE SEA 6.17.2022 Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Santiago Navarro Commander Task Force 70/ Carrier Strike Group 5...
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 11.01.2019
Damage controlmen are experts in shipboard emergency systems and procedure. They are professional plumbers, welders, fire fighters and first responders to a host of potential shipboard crisis. DCs call upon a precision skill set and concoct crafty solutions to difficult problems and are disciplined, with the ability to think quickly and outside the box. Petty Officer 2ndClass Stefan Toren,......
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alan Robertson | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 03.17.2019
The lessons that people learn from childhood heroes help to build their character and influence the lifelong decisions they make. For some, a hero is someone who is famous, an athlete or powerful individual who are visible in the world. For Damage Controlman 2nd Class Larissa Lopez-Rodriguez that influential hero was her mom. What she learned most from her mom was always have a courageous spirit....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Kledzik | U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet | 09.11.2018
“I was in second grade,” recalled Damage Controlman 3rd Class Eric Leather, a Sailor assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64). “I didn’t find out what had happened until I was home from school, and even at that young of an age I knew that something earth shattering had happened.”...
