Eye on Deployment

Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Chris A. Durney Sgt. Mathew Neely of Camden, Ark., kisses his infant son Bryce for the first time after returning home from Iraq as a member of the Arkansas National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Send article as PDF to

Eye on Deployment

Eye on Deployment 110727-N-YF783-050 NORFOLK (July 27, 2011) Intelligence Specialist 3rd Class Gregory Charles hugs his fiance and one-month-old daughter for the first time after returning home from a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). Mason was the final ship of the [...]

Keeping busy

With our first boomer patrol over, it’s nice to see that much hasn’t changed in the few years we’ve been on shore duty.  Boat life isn’t for everyone, but for me it’s time to find myself again.  During shore duty I’m so wrapped up with family activities that sometimes I lose my self and everything [...]

OPSEC, the basics….

While there are basic rules for OPSEC there are also command specific rules.  RULE # 1 (and really the only rule you really need to know): Ask your command about how OPSEC applies to you.  No one else, can give you the specifics of how OPSEC applies to you and your command but your command [...]

Favorite Fan’s featured on our Facebook Page

Welcome home to the USS Boise (SSN 764)!! Do you have a favorite homecoming photo? We are starting a new feature on our Facebook book page where we will highlight a fan of the week. Submit your favorite picture to our wall,  during that week we will choose a favorite fan and change our profile [...]

Welcome Home 3rd MAW Marines and Sailors

Photo of the Day Sgt. Cesar Hernandez, a flight equipment technician with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, shares a moment with his daughter, Catalina Hernandez, at the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11 and VMFA-232 homecoming here, Nov. 22. Family and friends welcomed home 110 Marines and sailors from a six-month deployment in Afghanistan. There are [...]

Welcome home daddy

101101-N-7191M-063 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 1, 2010) Chief Hospital Corpsman David Stanfield greets his wife and newborn son on the pier shortly after the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. George Washington departed her forward-deployed port in May and is returning for a short holiday break between her [...]

OPSEC

I’m not sure if this was already shared, I didn’t see it, but I just wanted to pass on some good info on OPSEC.  Sometimes there are questions about OPSEC that get all muddled with all the new technology.  Hopefully this will help some of us as we  try to completely understand what OPSEC really is and [...]

Deployment Tips for You and Your Preschooler

Today we are talking about helping your preschooler get through a deployment with tips from MilitaryOneSource.com. Join Wendy and Marla as they chat about what they’ve been up to since the last show as they share a funny story or two. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/navywiferadio/2009/11/04/military-life-radio-navy-wife-radio Send article as PDF to

USS New Mexico on sea trials

USS New Mexico on sea trials I recently read about the USS New Mexico‘s sea trials over on Bubbleheads Blog and gosh how I LOVE seeing that NM flag flying in the sail.  NM just in case you didn’t guess is my home state. The commissioning date has finally been set and will be March [...]

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