Story by Mathuel Browne | Marine Corps Systems Command | 03.15.2017
The Marine Corps and Army are jointly developing a fuel tracking system that will automatically record fuel usage to better assess energy efficiency in theater. The Joint Operational Energy Command and Control program, initiated in 2014, is focused on customizing commercial fuel monitoring systems to automate fuel tracking for fuel storage assets, fleet vehicles and generators....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Gabrielle Hartford | Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet | 12.30.2016
YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Upgraded ships, new innovations and technologies, and partnerships were abound for U.S. 7th Fleet in 2016....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Janweb Lagazo | USS MASON (DDG 87) | 12.25.2016
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 25, 2016) The dimly lit combat information center was abuzz with excitement. Here and there a Sailor or two could be seen wearing a Christmas hat or reindeer antlers while more than a few sported their Christmas sweaters. In the heart of it all, one Sailor, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (Ike CSG),......
Story by Cpl. Levi Schultz | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 12.08.2016
As an ongoing effort to be the premier self-sufficient expeditionary force, the Marine Corps is striving to make itself leaner, meaner and “greener” as it takes a look at energy use across the Corps, equating the efficient use of vital resources with increased combat effectiveness....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Janweb Lagazo | USS MASON (DDG 87) | 09.05.2016
Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) volunteered during a community relations (COMREL) project at an equestrian school in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Sept. 5....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Janweb Lagazo | USS MASON (DDG 87) | 09.04.2016
ADLIYA, Bahrain (Sept. 4, 2016) Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (Ike CSG), volunteered at the Regional Institute for Active Learning (RIA) in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Sept. 4....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Janweb Lagazo | USS MASON (DDG 87) | 08.12.2016
GULF OF ADEN (Aug. 13, 2016) Junior Sailors in the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) hosted and participated in a command talent show, Aug. 12....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Janweb Lagazo | USS MASON (DDG 87) | 07.27.2016
GULF OF ADEN (July 27, 2016) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (Ike CSG) assisted the Motor Vessel Marzouk, a stricken dhow off the coast of Yemen, July 27....
