MAY 16, 2025 - Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 has embarked on a pivotal mission to replace the deteriorating ice pier at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, with a permanent steel barge system. This initiative addresses the logistical challenges posed by the aging and now unreliable ice pier, ensuring sustained support for scientific operations on the continent. Since … [Read more...]

MAY 16, 2025 - On Capitol Hill yesterday, Navy Secretary John Phelan told lawmakers that increasing shipbuilding to better outfit the Navy, developing an accountable and innovative warfighter culture and improving the welfare of the fighting force were his top priorities. Phelan, alongside Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James W. Kilby, and Commandant of the Marine … [Read more...]

MAY 15, 2025 – Vice Adm. Scott Gray, Commander, Navy Installations Command, and CNIC Force Master Chief Andre Brown visited Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, May 11. Their visit to NSA Bahrain included meeting with Vice Adm. George Wikoff, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S 5th Fleet, observing the installation's air defense and counter unmanned aerial … [Read more...]

Shouldering the responsibility…Lt. Halle Hassett, assigned to NMRTC Bremerton, is ably assisted by fellow Navy Nurse Corps officers Lt. Jill Becker (left) and Lt. Mikala Tracy in adding her shoulder boards upon being officially promoted to the Navy rank of lieutenant as part of the command’s recognition of 117 year anniversary of the Navy Nurse Corps and their corps – from … [Read more...]

MAY 15, 2025 - Sailors are a ship’s first line of defense against system failures. But when the issue requires a subject matter expert (SME), repairs have often had to wait until a technician could travel to the ship. Enter ARMS, short for the Augmented Reality Maintenance System. ARMS enables sailors and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) SMEs to … [Read more...]