Dec. 21, 2016

Commemorating The Holidays Through The Years

While most of us are home sharing dinner or opening gifts with friends and family this Holiday Season, it's important to remember our Sailors and service members are in harms way aboard ships and in places far away from home. Let us take a look back at how our Sailors have commemorated the Holidays through the years.Christmas lights decorate the

Dec. 14, 2015

Nautical Terms and Naval Expressions: The Holiday Edition

Now that the holiday season is officially underway, we thought we'd get into the spirit of the season by taking a look at a few nautical terms and naval expressions that remind us of the holidays. You'll be surprised by the origin of some of these widely used terms and maybe even those you've never heard before.Sugar ReportOur Sailors can't always

Nov. 24, 2015

Sailors Give Thanks While Answering Their Nation's Call to Duty

Commander, Third Fleet (left center) Eats Thanksgiving dinner with the crew of his flagship, USS New Jersey (BB-62), 30 November 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National ArchivesAsk any Sailor and he or she will tell you that being in the Navy means you're deployable with sometimes little more than a moment's

Dec. 24, 2013

Holiday season celebrated by service members at home and abroad

For military personnel deployed in wartime, the arrival of the holiday season brings a mixture of emotions. The sense of normalcy that comes with being home with family is absent, the void filled by brethren in uniform, bonds forged between them in combat in some ways closer than any shared with loved ones. They celebrate a season in which mankind