Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Stack | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 06.20.2022
PHILIPPINE SEA (June 17, 2022) Retail Service Specialist 3rd Class Vanessa Blair poses for a photograph in the ship store of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62). Chancellorsville is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific and is assigned to Commander, Task Force 70, a combat-ready force that protects and......
Story by Cpl. Phuchung Nguyen | Marine Corps Recruiting Command | 11.17.2020
STAFFORD, Virginia -- Support personnel from the Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) Headquarters spent time with local canvassing recruiters to learn more about their daily activities and mission. Three Marines from the administrative, marketing and communication, and operations sections at MCRC Headquarters did a recruiter ride-along November 17, 2020. Marines in supporting positions......
Story by Tom Childress | Naval Education and Training Command | 09.04.2020
Twenty-two accession Sailors graduated from the first modernized Retail Service Specialist (RS) course at Naval Technical Training Center (NTTC) Meridian Sept. 4....
Story by Sgt. Bernadette Wildes | 12th Marine Corps District | 06.11.2020
Alec Howell and Michael Cava met during their sophomore year on the Torrey Pines High School wrestling team. Together, they pushed each other and applied for the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom | Amphibious Squadron 5 | 10.19.2019
7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Oct. 19, 2019) Retail services specialists (RS) assigned to the amphibious transport ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) embrace their newly appointed rate name following its change, Sept. 30....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Harley Sarmiento | Naval Medical Center San Diego | 10.03.2019
Former ship’s servicemen (SH) assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) embraced their rating change to retail services specialist (RS) by continuing to deliver excellence in customer service, just as they did the day before....
Story by 1st Lt. Kathleen Kochert | Resolute Support Headquarters | 03.23.2018
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan—The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces completed Operation Maiwand 11 and immediately commenced Operation Maiwand 12, keeping constant pressure on the enemy in Helmand Province, Afghanistan....
Story by 1st Lt. Kathleen Kochert | Resolute Support Headquarters | 03.07.2018
In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2018, Task Force Southwest wants to highlight Lt. Col. Elizabeth D. Perez. As the chief of staff, Perez is the senior-most female among the group of approximately 500 service members currently deployed to Helmand province, Afghanistan....
