Story by Chief Petty Officer Russell Stevenson | Center for Security Forces | 11.11.2024
In honor of Veterans Day, the Center for Security Forces Detachment North Island, traditionally known as SERE West, honored Jim Bedinger, a retired U.S. Navy commander and former prisoner of war, Nov. 11....
Courtesy Story | Center for Security Forces | 08.08.2024
The Boy Scouts of America Coronado Troop 801 visited the Center for Security Forces Detachment North Island at Naval Station North Island. The visit was part of a larger Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet tour for the scouts to earn their aviation merit badge, Aug. 2....
Story by Bernard Little | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | 07.01.2024
Aida Sall Diop and U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Alioune Diop welcomed their newborn daughter, Mariam Aliyah, who was born October 31, 2023, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at just 22 weeks and five days gestation, weighing 460 grams (1.01 pounds). She spent five months in Walter Reed’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before being discharged....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class James Hong | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 | 02.22.2024
U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 completed a cold weather survival training course in the Harstad Municipality of Norway, Feb. 22, 2024....
Story by Jaclyn Lyons | New York National Guard | 09.12.2023
STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, SCOTIA, New York --The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing wrapped up its annual support to the National Science Foundation in Greenland when Airmen and LC-130 “Skibirds” returned to Stratton Air National Guard Base on August 23, 2023. The unit supplied 1,200 tons cargo, 86,000 gallons of fuel, and delivered 1,300 passengers to research......
Story by Staff Sgt. Madison Scaringe | 109th Air Wing | 08.30.2023
Thirty-eight New York National Guard Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing got their feet and their parachute harnesses wet during water survival and parachute landing training at New York’s Great Sacandaga Lake on August 5 and 6....
Story by Senior Airman Caleb Kimmell | Minot Air Force Base | 06.30.2023
On June 15, 2023, Airmen from the 5th Civil Engineering Squadron participated in a unique training concept, transitioning from computer-based training to a 12-hour hands-on, outdoor classroom environment. They learned lifesaving capabilities such as finding food, water, and shelter in the wilderness....
Story by Jessica Nilsson | NAS Lemoore | 05.31.2023
It’s well known that Naval Aviation is a dangerous profession. From navigating through canyons at high speeds to landing on pitching air craft carriers at sea, the profession has many risks. Excellent training and continual practice helps lessen the risks and increase survivability if the worst should happen. Where do aviators go to learn these vital survival skills?...
