Officer Candidate School attendees perform physical training during their junior officer candidate push at Officer Training Command Newport, Rhode Island, March 2. Those in the Baccalaureate Degree ...

NORFOLK, Va. — From responding to crises to projecting strength and maintaining freedom on the seas, the U.S. Navy plays an important role in protecting our country. It’s a role seldom seen by ...

Charles Jackson French, the Black Naval sailor who swam 15 shipmates to safety during World War II, will have a training pool at a naval base in San Diego named in his honor. French, a Petty Officer ...

The Navy announced Friday it will dedicate a rescue swimming training pool at Naval Base San Diego in honor of a World War II veteran who saved the lives of 15 of his shipmates after their vessel sank ...

SAN DIEGO — A sailor with the nickname “The Human Tugboat” makes a fitting namesake for the new training pool on Naval Base San Diego, honoring his bravery some 80 years later. Steward’s Mate 1 st ...

A ceremony on May 21 formally dedicated a training pool in honor of Naval hero Charles Jackson French. The surface rescue swimmer pool at Naval Base San Diego (NBSD) is now named in honor of Steward’s ...

EVERY DAY, AMERICANS PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, PROTECTING AND SERVING OUR COUNTRY, MANY FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA. BUT WHAT YOU DON’T SEE IS THE WORK THAT THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN PUT IN EVERY SINGLE ...