What a Homecoming

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Warren, with Detachment 4, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 37, drops his helmet and runs to greet his wife in Kaneohe, Hawaii, on Dec. 1, 2011. DoD photo by Kristen Wong, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released) – Welcome Home!! Send article as PDF to

Photographing Christmas

Christmas is such a great time for taking pictures!  Here are a few ideas that you might like to try to create some great photos for Christmas. 1) Take pictures with a ball ornament. This is a pretty fun idea.  You take a picture of a glass ball ornament and you can see the scene [...]

Welcome Home USS Springfield – SSN 761

GROTON, Conn. (Nov. 11, 2011) The Los Angeles attack submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761) makes her way through the fog to return to homeport at Submarine Base New London. Springfield returned from a scheduled six-month deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski/Released) Welcome Home to the Sailors of the USS Springfield (SSN 761)! You can [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend

090328-N-6597H-427 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 28, 2009) A flight deck director gives hand signals to the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet from the “Blue Diamonds” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146 as it moves onto catapult one in preparation for launch from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis and Carrier [...]

Christmas Day on USS NIMITZ

Lt. Jon Sunderland dresses in a Santa suite while directing aircraft operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Christmas Day. [via Navy.mil] Just when we thought Santa would be recovering from all his travels, here he is having fun on the USS NIMITZ. Send article as PDF to