YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — There’s been a sense of gravity about training at the 7th Fleet’s damage-control school since a pair of deadly warship collisions that claimed 17 sailors’ lives last year.

A lookout spotted three black spheres in the water, and the officer of the deck swiftly brought the frigate to a halt; he proceeded to back out of a minefield. However, the mine's foil trigger was ...

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) provided assistance to 25 mariners in the early hours of March 19, after receiving a distress call from a civilian ship taking on water.

Damage Controlman 2nd Class Erik Coffee, from Whitehouse, center, reads casualty reports from a watch-stander checklist during damage control training aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS ...

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Maria Romero, from Bonita Springs, received the Sailor of the Day award from Capt. Mike Wettlaufer, USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) commanding officer. Providing a ...

A 1997 Mojave High School graduate and Hesperia native is serving aboard an Avenger mine countermeasure ship designed to clear mines from vital waterways across the globe. Chief Petty Officer Martin ...

Forty Sailors from USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) participated in aircraft firefighting training at the Naval Engineering Learning Site here March 1. Students learn about the chemistry of fire, how it behaves ...