Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Kyle Elam, oil king aboard Bataan, says everything. Within the Engineering Department, the EB01 division works diligently to ensure the proper functioning and operation of the ship’s propulsion system through meticulous testing of the boiler water chemistry. This division of seven qualified personnel known as the oil lab is manned around the clock.
USSOCOM designates specific SOFLE teams to deploy with ARG/MEUs to improve the ability to access and leverage the special operations information environment, improve coordination with the respective theater special operation commands (TSOC) and their theater special operation forces (SOF) elements, and facilitate interdependent ARG/MEU/SOF operations, activities, and investments in order to support the geographic combatant commands’ steady...
Shvets, a native of Kyiv, Ukraine, immigrated to the United States in 1990 at the age of five where he started boxing. There were many fighting clubs around Shvets while growing up in Philadelphia, allowing him to begin his boxing career at an early age. His first official fight was at featherweight at the age of twelve, he completed 100 fights prior to his time in the U.S. Naval Academy; 10 of which were underclass and the rest were open...
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps integrates in order to maintain the operability and safety of the aircrafts aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5)
