PhC_180_422_006by State Archives of North Carolina Raleigh, NC
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The USS North Carolina is seen arriving at Wilmington and being maneuvered into her permanent berth. 2 October 1961 From the Pryor Emerson Humphrey Photo Collection, PhC.180, State Archives of NC.

Lt. Kellie Orndorff, one of the first Surface Warfare Officers to graduate from the Anti-Submarine/Anti-Surface Warfare Tactics Instructor course, holds up the patch she received upon graduating from the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) course.

On this date in 1908, the Navy Nurse Corps was established. Just one of the many benefits of being a nurse in America’s Navy is the joy of working to improve the lives of others while vastly improving your own, both professionally and personally. Join us as we celebrate this historical day for Navy Nurses!

Happy Nurses Week! Do you want to be a nurse? Find out more about the process of becoming a Perioperative Nurse in America’s Navy.

This is how America’s Navy takes a selfie!

To all of the Moms who did their part to shape the Sailors behind the greatest naval force the world has ever known, thank you. 

Family support is so important, especially to a Sailor. On Military Spouse Appreciation Day, we salute the spouses and families who support the Sailors of America’s Navy.

The successful operation of a flight deck on an aircraft carrier is one of the most complex, high-stakes exercises on the planet. It’s no small task to ensure that each aircraft that leaves the flight deck performs its mission successfully and returns home safely. That is the role of a member of the Flight Operations team.

An MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, fires an AGM-114M Hellfire missile near San Clemente Island, Calif., during a live-fire combat training exercise. 

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Fighting Swordsmen of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Are you a Dentist with experience in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery? We are looking for candidates like you!

Wondering what you should cook for dinner tonight? How about a pan-seared steak with a red wine reduction sauce? Learn how to make this recipe from Culinary Specialist 1st Class Jason Wulfekuhle.

Female EOD Officers make up 2.5% of the total EOD Officer population, and Enlisted female EOD personnel make up 1% of the community.

Take on a role that defies convention: http://www.navy.com/careers/special-operations/eod.html

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen patrols the eastern Pacific Ocean.

USS Lassen is named after Lt. Clyde Everett Lassen, who earned the Medal of Honor for his courageous rescue of two downed aviators while commander of a search and rescue helicopter in Vietnam.

Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. As Commander in Chief of the naval US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Area command, Nimitz played a pivotal role in the United States’ military presence in World War II, perhaps most notably curbing the Empire of Japan’s progress in the Pacific. Nimitz was the United States’ last surviving officer who served in the rank of fleet admiral, as the rank was created by Congress to be granted to four people during World War II.

Nimitz’s arguably most important and decisive victory was at the Battle of Midway, where US forces successfully sank all four of Japan’s large aircraft carriers and, in the long run, dealt irreparable damage to the Japanese fleet. The battle, which occurred six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, originally began as a planned surprise attack by Japan, who hoped to  to eliminate the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific; however, American codebreakers were able to  determine the date and location of the planned attack, enabling the forewarned U.S. Navy to prepare its own ambush. The battle, considered a turning point in the Pacific Theater, has since been called “the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare.” [x] [x]