Story by Lt. Jennifer Bowman | USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) | 03.14.2025
ATLANTIC OCEAN – The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) successfully completed its basic phase on Mar 14, and began its advanced phase with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Natalia Murillo | Navy Talent Acquisition Group Miami | 01.29.2025
SUNRISE, Fla. – Navy Chief of Information Rear Adm. Ryan Perry, a Fort Lauderdale native, will administer the oath of enlistment to five Broward County residents during the Florida Panthers game against the L.A. Kings on January 29, 2025, at Amerant Bank Arena. "They jumped at the opportunity," said Electronics Technician (Nuclear) 2nd Class Robert Logozzo, attached to Navy Talent......
Story by Twilla Burns | Commander, Navy Region Southeast | 04.30.2023
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (April 29, 2023) – Community relations events presents an opportunity for Sailors to give back to the communities that support and appreciate the Armed Services of America. Each year during Fleet Week visiting Sailors and Marines are asked to participate in COMREL activities during their time in port and there is always an abundance of volunteers....
Story by Julie Ann Ripley | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 07.30.2022
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Amphibious Transport Dock ship USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) July 30, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Knight | USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) | 07.11.2022
Underway, Shift Colors! The Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock ship, the future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), began her maiden voyage as the ship departed from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., July 11, en route to her commissioning site in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. and homeport in Norfolk, Va....
Story by Sgt. Danielle Prentice | 6th Marine Corps District | 01.14.2022
Members of the education system and media outlets from Louisiana and Florida attended an Educators Workshop aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, January 11 – 14, 2022....
Story by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh | 62nd Airlift Wing | 11.20.2020
Peaking out behind white fluffy clouds, the sun shone down on the crowd of excited beachgoers enjoying the strong breeze rippling across the ocean waves. Heads began to turn and eyes searched the horizon as the sound of four turbofan jet engines could be heard over the crashing of the wind-churned sea. Amidst nudging elbows and fingers pointing, the 174-foot C-17 Globemaster III came into view......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard Southeast | 11.17.2020
MIAMI — Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale crew members released more than 200 sea turtles Monday approximately 10 miles off the Fort Lauderdale coast....
