Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Evan Diaz | USS Somerset (LPD 25) | 08.19.2025
In late July, the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25), commanded by U.S. Navy Capt. Andrew Koy, hosted Quarterly Underway Amphibious Readiness Training 25.4 which joined 250 U.S. Marines, including some from the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, with the ship’s crew. Among them was Cpl. Rodney Jones, a Marine Corps machine gunner who had a chance encounter......
Story by Morgan Galvin | Chief of Naval Air Training | 07.25.2025
Rear Adm. Richard T. Brophy, Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), recently took to the skies over Pensacola, Florida, for a training flight with a fellow Carmel, California, native, Lt. William “Bubbles” Rudiger, a naval flight officer (NFO) instructor assigned to the “Wildcats” of Training Squadron (VT) 10....
Story by Morgan Galvin | Chief of Naval Air Training | 07.15.2025
Rear Adm. Richard T. Brophy, Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), recently took to the skies over Pensacola, Florida, for a training flight, July 15, 2025, with a fellow Carmel, California, native, Lt. William “Bubbles” Rudiger, a naval flight officer (NFO) instructor assigned to the “Wildcats” of Training Squadron (VT) 10....
Story by KristaK Cummins | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific | 06.05.2024
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM —Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific Commander Rear Adm. Jeffrey Kilian, a Spokane native, made the homecoming of a lifetime as he returned to his hometown for a one-of-a-kind event, Spokane Navy Week 2024....
Story by Lt.j.g. Kathryn Coleole | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 12.13.2023
YOKOSUKA, Japan – A Lynnwood, WA, native and 2018 Lynnwood High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy while assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83)....
Story by Cpl. Brandon Aultman | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 09.29.2023
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Gabriela Rodriguez, a rising contender in the competitive powerlifting world, recently made waves in Hawaii by shattering state records in her weight class at the 2023 USA Powerlifting Wahine Open. Gabriela's journey from her hometown of Fresno, California to where she is now stands as a testament to her unwavering self-belief and relentless commitment to personal growth....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Waite | Navy Office of Community Outreach | 08.01.2023
Mesquite native serves aboard U.S. Navy warship in Pearl Harbor
Story by Jonathan Holloway | Command, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography | 07.27.2022
MILLINGTON, Tenn. – A Plymouth, Minnesota, native joins Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command as a member of the U.S. Navy....
