MILLINGTON, Tenn. – A sailor with family members residing in San Antonio, Texas, was meritoriously advanced to the rank of petty officer second class serving with U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (USNMRTU) Bahrain. Petty Officer 2nd Class Danasia Rowell joined the Navy three years ago. “I joined the Navy to become a mortician…
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San Antonio native conducts preventative maintenance on a helicopter aboard USS Carl Vinson
ANDAMAN SEA (July 15, 2025) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Henry Escobedo, of San Antonio, conducts preventative maintenance on an MH-60R Sea Hawk, attached to the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike…
San Antonio native conducts flight operations aboard USS America deployed in the Coral Sea
CORAL SEA (July 14, 2025) U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Ira Reyes, from San Antonio, Texas, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) directs foot traffic on the flight deck while conducting flight operations in the Coral Sea during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25, July 14. Talisman Sabre is…
San Antonio native serves in the North Pacific Ocean aboard USS Preble
Lt. j.g. Xavier Stuart, from San Antonio, Texas, left, performs a gun-grab exercise on Fireman Michael Drakeford, from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, right, during an oleoresin capsicum (OC) course aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) in the North Pacific Ocean, July 5. Preble is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON)…
MA3 Cody Munoz Reenlists at NSA Souda Bay
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (July 8, 2025) Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Cody Munoz, assigned to Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay, is reenlisted by Lt. j.g. Matthew Whaley, security officer, NSA Souda Bay, on July 8, 2025, onboard NSA Souda Bay, Greece. NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore installation that enables and supports…
San Antonio native uses a thermal imaging camera during a drill aboard USS Ralph Johnson
Fireman Apprentice Adolfo Madrid from San Antonio, Texas, uses a thermal imaging camera (TIC) during a damage control drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) while operating in the Indian Ocean, July 8. Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and…
Sailor wishes stepmother in San Antonio a happy Mother’s Day
MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Petty Officer 1st Class Natalia Murillo, a Las Vegas, Nevada, native serving in the United States Navy, wishes their stepmother, Mary Lee Murillo, from San Antonio, Texas, a happy Mother’s Day. Sailors help maintain America’s advantage at sea. This means they do not always get to celebrate holidays with their loved ones….
San Antonio native participates in a damage control drill aboard USS Preble
Damage Controlman 3rd Class Alyssa Munoz, from San Antonio, reports a fire main casualty during a damage control condition two drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) in the Philippine Sea, April 22. Preble is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S….
Sailors conduct anti-terrorism drill aboard USS George Washington
Airman Levi Haack, left, from Delaware, Ohio, assigned to security department, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class Michael Tenorio, from San Antonio, assigned to air department’s fuels division aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) participate in an anti-terrorism training team drill while moored pierside at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, March 19,…
San Antonio native learns about photography aboard USS Iwo Jima
Lt. j.g. Gina Gulli, (left) from Tucson, Arizona, instructs Culinary Specialist 1st Class Corey Hartfield, from San Antonio, Texas, both assigned to the San Antonio-Class amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17), on basic photography for operational visual information documentation during a training held aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD…









