Story by 1st Lt. Stephanie Baer | 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 03.07.2022
During a routine exercise in Norway, turned reunion, two friends that were separated by years and countries were brought back together on a ship in the Arctic Circle. This friendship began when U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Nicholas Westley attended The Basic School (TBS) back in spring of 2016, where he met Italian Lt. Niccolo Sammartino....
Story by Seaman Janweb Lagazo | USS MASON (DDG 87) | 06.20.2016
GENOA, Italy – The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), a member of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (Ike CSG), completed a scheduled port visit in Genoa, Italy, June 21....
Story by Seaman Janweb Lagazo | USS MASON (DDG 87) | 06.16.2016
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, along with Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy Joseph M. Bryan and Chief of the Italian Navy Adm. Guiseppe De Giorgi, visited guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) to observe the ship's role in the Great Green Fleet (GGF) initiative, June 16....
Story by Seaman Janweb Lagazo | USS MASON (DDG 87) | 06.16.2016
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NNS) -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), assigned to the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (Ike CSG), and Italian frigate ITS Carlo Margottini (F529) performed a joint international visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) exercise, June 15....
Courtesy Story | USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) | 10.21.2015
The jet rolls into position on the flight deck with its engine screaming. The pilot gets a signal from the flight deck handlers who are lined up along the foul line. The scream turns into a roar as a plume of black smoke appears, then, with a burst of speed, the jet bolts down the runway and into the sky....
