U.S. Naval Submarine School students go through surface survival training at the school’s Pressurized Submarine Escape Training facility as part of Basic Enlisted Submarine School in July 2024. Submarine sailors should train with escape systems more frequently to master their last best chance for survival in combat.
A chief boatswain’s mate evaluates recruits during basic seamanship training at Recruit Training Command (RTC), Great Lakes, Illinois. Training to develop character and instill technical competence starts at RTC and continues throughout a sailor’s career. Chiefs help to promote sailors by assisting the commanding officer to provide effective documentation of performance.
A lack of investment in naval and commercial shipbuilding after the end of the Cold War has caused the Navy to struggle to rebuild and grow its fleet. But new capacity at the Philly Shipyard (shown here) demonstrate that greater domestic shipbuilding is possible.
U.S. Marines and sailors conduct maintenance on the rotor assembly of an MV-22B Osprey. The Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization (NATOPS) requirements for rest must be followed for all personnel, not just the flight crew.