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Micro Market@Sea Satisfies Sailors’ Cravings

January 8, 2021 thorntoon 0

NORFOLK, VA, UNITED STATES 12.04.2020 Courtesy Story Navy Exchange Service Command On Nov. 30, the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) Ships Store Program opened the first Micro Market@Sea onboard the USS San Antonio (LPD 19). […]

Ocho Café Opens on Makin Island

January 7, 2021 thorntoon 0

PACIFIC OCEAN 10.24.2020 Story by Seaman Nadia Lund USS Makin Island (LHD 8) PACIFIC OCEAN – USS Makin Island (LHD 8) opened the doors of a new coffee bar – the Ocho Café – during a […]

Conveying the future of George Washington

January 4, 2021 thorntoon 0

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, UNITED STATES 11.16.2020 Story by Seaman Cory Daut USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) Ring! Ring! Ring! Here come the necessary supplies you have been waiting for all of deployment. They’re coming right down […]

A Fulfilling Decision: a Journey from the Streets to the Galley

July 14, 2020 thorntoon 0

ATLANTIC OCEAN 03.30.2020 Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Fred Gray Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Detachment Europe He came back from work one day, and they were gone. His roommates had packed up and […]

Bless This Mess: Ford’s “Conglomerate” Galleys

June 18, 2020 thorntoon 0

VA, UNITED STATES 06.17.2020 Courtesy Story USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) ATLANTIC OCEAN – When Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 flew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on May 28, […]

Young Sailor Forges Path

February 7, 2020 thorntoon 0

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chris Roys | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 7 Public Affairs | Jan. 28, 2020 SOUTH CHINA SEA — Aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), Culinary […]

Serving Sailors Food for the Next 25 Years: GW Works to Reopen the Galley

February 3, 2020 thorntoon 0

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, UNITED STATES 01.21.2020 Story by Seaman Cory Daut USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – (Jan. 21, 2020) Now in the second half of their refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) period, […]

Sailors Utilize Every Inch of Space Aboard Key West

January 6, 2020 thorntoon 0

SANTA RITA, GUAM 01.06.2020 Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelsey Hockenberger Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 SANTA RITA, Guam (Jan. 3, 2020) – Sailors from the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Key West (SSN […]

USS Pioneer sails around Sasebo harbor for Family and Friends Day cruise

November 19, 2019 thorntoon 0

SASEBO, NAGASAKI, JAPAN 11.01.2019 Story by Lt.j.g. Alexander Fairbanks USS PIONEER (MCM 9) The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer (MCM 9) sailed around Sasebo harbor for their Family and Friends Day cruise in Sasebo, […]

Retail Service Specialist A Change for Good.

November 1, 2019 thorntoon 0

BREMERTON, WA, UNITED STATES 10.07.2019 Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher R Jahnke USS Nimitz (CVN 68) The U.S. Navy announced the renaming of the ship’s serviceman (SH) rating to retail services specialist (RS) […]