3/03/2014, OKINAWA, Japan (NNS) -- A magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook the island of Okinawa Japan during the wee hours of the morning, March 3. Sailors from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 were preparing to attend their morning physical training (PT) session when the tremor rocked Camp Shields. "I have never experienced an earthquake before," said Information … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2014 (NNS) - Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)(AW/NAC) Michael Stevens testified before Congress Feb. 26. MCPON appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies. MCPON, along with the enlisted leaders from the Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force, discussed the current … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2014 (NNS) - Family vacations often have a profound and lasting effect on children. For some, it's an Instagram or Facebook album of selfies taken at landmark sites with the occasional snarky comment about being dragged to "old" places. For Frank V. Thompson, those family vacations, which predate both Instagram and Facebook, would be the seed that would … [Read more...]

2/26/2014 - MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) - With the semiannual Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) upcoming, Navy Physical Readiness Program officials remind Sailors to verify their results in the Physical Readiness Information Management System (PRIMS). "After each PFA, Sailors need to log into PRIMS and ensure their data is entered and accurate," said Bill Moore, director, Navy … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2014 (NNS) - The Naval War College Library in Newport, R.I. will publicly unveil online the 4,000-page "Gray Book" collection of Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz communications that started in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack and ran right up until the closing days of the war. The event will be held Monday, Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. The event, held on … [Read more...]