Story by Julie Ziegenhorn | Naval Air Station Whiting Field | 07.20.2022
Cmdr. Stephen C. Harrington, U.S. Navy, relieved Lt. Col. Jason N. Dale, U.S. Marine Corps, as the 58th commanding officer of the “Shooters” Training Squadron Six (VT-6) in a ceremony at NAS Whiting Field. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Justin M. Wortendyke, U.S. Marine Corps, also assumed the duties as squadron executive officer....
Story by Lt. Kaila Millis | Naval Air Station Whiting Field | 11.22.2019
Training Air Wing (TRAWING) 5 at Naval Air Station Whiting Field celebrated a milestone in Naval Aviation when the 35,000th rotary wing student naval aviator walked across the stage to receive his coveted "Wings of Gold" Nov. 22. Lt. j.g. Robert Woods, a native of Northlake, Illinois, walked off the stage as the Navy’s newest helicopter pilot. He joined 22 other students in achieving the......
Story by Anne Owens | Chief of Naval Air Training | 11.08.2018
When Hurricane Michael hit Florida’s Gulf Coast Oct. 10, Gary Churchwell, a division head at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Panama City, Florida, and his family evacuated to Mobile, Alabama, to wait out the storm. When it was safe to return, they came home to fallen trees, downed power lines, their roof and ceilings collapsed, and their family home devastated....
