Video by Daniel Rusnak | TRIDENT Refit Facility - Kings Bay | 12.20.2024
A "Plank Owner" is someone who was a member of the crew (or an employee) of a ship (or organization) when that ship (or organization) was officially commissioned, or in the case of TRIDENT Refit Facility, Kings Bay (TRIREEFFAC-KB), when it achieved its planned Initial Operational Capability (IOC) on September 30, 1989. TRIREEFFAC-KB marked its 35th Anniversary in 2024. We are not sure how......
Video by Daniel Rusnak | TRIDENT Refit Facility - Kings Bay | 12.20.2024
A "Plank Owner" is someone who was a member of the crew (or an employee) of a ship (or organization) when that ship (or organization) was officially commissioned, or in the case of TRIDENT Refit Facility, Kings Bay (TRIREEFFAC-KB), when it achieved its planned Initial Operational Capability (IOC) on September 30, 1989. TRIREEFFAC-KB marked its 35th Anniversary in 2024. We are not sure how......
Video by Daniel Rusnak | TRIDENT Refit Facility - Kings Bay | 12.20.2024
The origins of TRIDENT Refit Facility, Kings Bay (TRIREFFAC-KB), trace back to 1989, during the height of the Cold War, an era marked by tumultuous tensions between global superpowers. This facility was created to support Ohio-class Trident submarines, which are central to the nation's nuclear deterrent strategy. TRIREFFAC-KB emerged from the need for a dedicated and specialized center......
Video by Daniel Rusnak | TRIDENT Refit Facility - Kings Bay | 12.20.2024
TRIDENT Refit Facility, Kings Bay, (TRIREFFAC-KB) and its skilled workforce and support personnel, work around-the-clock to successfully maintain, repair, overhaul and modernize our nation’s elite nuclear ballistic missile (SSBN) and guided missile (SSGN) Warships, and return them safely back to sea in support of our nation’s strategic deterrence mission. “Keeping Our Warships … War Ready”...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Vincent Moreno | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland District | 02.22.2022
The Marine Force Protection Unit Kings Bay is tasked with the protection of U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines while surfaced and transiting U.S. territorial waters to and from their patrol stations in Kings Bay, Georgia, Feb. 22, 2022. There are approximately 150 U.S. Coast Guard members stationed at the MFPU with various rates and ranks. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Ashley Berumen | Commander, Submarine Group Ten | 04.21.2021
Lt. Spencer Shabshab, assigned to the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) (Gold), was recently awarded a Navy Achievement Medal for outstanding contributions during his time at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the graduate education program....
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Ashley Berumen | Commander, Submarine Group Ten | 07.16.2019
Compilation video featuring statistics and capabilities of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN). Video edited with footage provided by Defense Media Activity....
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Shannon D. Barnwell | Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti | 06.25.2019
CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - Navy Chief Chris Kittinger, and Stephanie Clark forward-deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti and Combined Task Force-Horn of Africa, Kings Bay 4th of July shoutout, Jun 25, 2019....
