Story by Lt. Martin Carey | Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group Two | 07.30.2025
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Cmdr. Carnell Aurelio relieved Cmdr. Brendan Casey as commanding officer of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit TWO (ESU-2) during a change of command ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, July 31, 2025....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Gordon | Navy Reserve Region Readiness and Mobilization Command, Everett | 04.15.2024
Former Active duty Sailor, Tyler Petrea, continues his success as a Navy diver with his career as a civilian and in the Navy Reserves....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Waters | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 | 12.20.2023
Seabee divers assigned to Underwater Construction Team 1 (UCT 1) provided support to Naval Station Rota port operations by facilitating the removal of an overturned painting barge from the waters around the piers from November 13, 2023, to December 8, 2023....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexa Trafton | Defense Media Activity - Navy Production | 09.01.2022
An article written about Phillip Brashear, the son of Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear, for the September 2022 Fleet Edition of All Hands Magazine....
Story by Lt.Cmdr. David Carter | Navy Expeditionary Combat Command | 04.20.2022
On Sunday, April 17, Lt. j.g. Aaron Fowler, age 29, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One, died while participating in a training evolution with the Marine Corps at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. Fowler became unresponsive during the training and was pronounced deceased at the hospital. The incident is currently under investigation by NCIS and local authorities....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Kimberly Martinez | Navy Expeditionary Combat Command | 04.13.2022
Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) selected its Sailor of the Year (SOY) for calendar year 2021, April 1, onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Fort Story. Utilitiesman 1st Class Kenneth Massey, assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 in Port Hueneme, Calif., earned the title after edging out six other Sailors. Massey, from Luxemburg, Wisc., graduated boot camp in 2002......
Story by Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 06.04.2021
The Pittsburgh District Dive Team is responsible for inspecting locks and dams on the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio rivers. The team also inspect reservoirs and respond to emergencies, such as debris impeding locking operations. The diver team is made up of 15 members who volunteer as collateral duty....
Story by Ensign Charles E. Spirtos | Naval Submarine School | 03.09.2021
Chief Navy Diver Kenneth L. McCollum was presented with the Submarine Learning Center’s Senior Enlisted Instructor of the Year Award on March 8, 2021 aboard Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, CT....
