26 June 2025 Best Friends Reunite Aboard USNS Joshua Humphreys When he was 12 years old, Greg Saddler relocated from North Carolina to Portsmouth, Virginia, with his mother. It didn’t take long for the energetic, talkative young man to get acclimated to his new home. When he got to high school, he met a very special young woman whom he developed a budding...
25 June 2025 Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Point Loma MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of USNS Point Loma (EPF 15), the second of the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) Flight II configuration, from Austal USA, June 24. ...
24 June 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: MT Badlands Trader This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is MT Badlands Trader (T-AOT 5582). The chartered tanker conducted successful Consolidated Replenishment at Sea (CONSOL) operations with USS George Washington (CVN 73) last month delivering more than 20,000 barrels of JP5 fuel at a rate...
18 June 2025 We Are MSC: First Officer Mario Bose We Are MSC: First Officer Mario BoseThis week’s “We Are MSC” highlights Houston, Texas native Mario Bose, the first officer aboard fast combat support vessel USNS Supply (T-AOE 6).What is your current hometown?Bose: I’ve lived in Houston, Texas for 40-plus years.How long have you worked with...
17 June 2025 MSCO-Korea Changes Commander Military Sealift Command Office Korea (MSCO-K) changed leadership, when Navy Cmdr. Hannah M. Shipp relieved Navy Cmdr. Patrick J. Moore as commanding officer of Busan, South Korea-based MSCO-K, during a change of command ceremony at the United Nations Peace Memorial Hall in Busan, June 17,...
16 June 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Laramie Congratulations to this week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” USNS Laramie (T-AO 203). Since the fleet replenishment oiler’s arrival in the European theater of operations, Laramie has conducted more than 40 replenishments, cargo and passenger transfer operations in direct support...
09 June 2025 We Are MSC: MSCPAC Logistics Management Specialist Leopold (Leo) Corpuz We Are MSC – MSCPAC Logistics Management Specialist Leopold (Leo) CorpuzThis week’s “We Are MSC” highlights San Diego resident Leopold (Leo) Corpuz, MSCPAC Logistics Management SpecialistWhat is your current hometown?San Diego, CAWhat is your current assignment?MSCPAC, N4 Combat Logistics ForceHow...
09 June 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Supply This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6). #ICYMI, Supply was recently named the 2024 Military Sealift Command Maritime “E” Award winner, an annual top honor presented to U.S. Navy ships and Civil Service Mariners who...
09 June 2025 M/T Empire State, USS Tripoli Conduct first CONSOL At-Sea Off the coast of Southern Calif., Military Sealift Command’s chartered Motor Tanker Ship Empire State and U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LPH-10) conducted the first Consolidated Replenishment at Sea (CONSOL) between Tripoli and a tanker ship.The CONSOL evolution began with the two...
09 June 2025 Military Sealift Command Adjusts Eligibility Requirements for Able Seaman Promotion, Will Implement One-Pay System in July Military Sealift Command (MSC) adjusted eligibility requirements for Able Seaman (AB) promotion last month, opening doors to more career opportunities for Civil Service Mariners (CIVMARs) and improving recruitment and retention in its fleet.MSC CIVMARs are now eligible for promotion to AB...
03 June 2025 Rep. Kiggans Visits Military Sealift Command Training Center Rep. Jen Kiggans visited Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Underway Replenishment Center (MUTC), at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 29, 2025.The visit served to familiarize Kiggans with the afloat training Civil Service Mariners (CIVMARs) receive before crewing...
02 June 2025 MSC Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ship USNS Washington Chambers Deploys to US 7th Fleet Military Sealift Command (MSC) dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) departed Hawaii for deployment to the U.S 7th Fleet’s area of operation (AO). While on deployment, Chambers will provide logistics services to the ships operating in the Indo-Pacific region.Prior to...
02 June 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Robert F. Kennedy This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is the MSC fleet replenishment oiler USNS Robert F. Kennedy. The ship recently completed extensive maintenance including a hydro cleaning of all MARPOL valves and JP5 aviation fuel and DFM ship fuel piping cargo pumps as well as...
30 May 2025 USNS Comfort Departs Norfolk in Support of Continuing Promise 2025 The U.S. Navy Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed Naval Station Norfolk to begin its summer deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of operation in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S.4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2025, May 30.After several months of...
30 May 2025 Paying it Forward Provides for Promotion Approaching the halfway point in his Navy career, Yeoman 1st Class Malcolm Jackson has come to find that helping others has been the key to his own success.As a Command Pay and Personnel Administrator, or CPPA with the Naples, Italy-based staff of Commander, Task Force SIX THREE (CTF-63) / Military...
29 May 2025 Moving Parts: Military Sealift Command's Transportation Office Expands to Expedite Delivery to the Fleet In 2023, Military Sealift Command Transportation Officer Carlos Douglas and Contract Transportation Supervisor Carly Tew were a two-person team working tirelessly in MSC’s Transportation Office, managing the movement of thousands of government-funded material and parts between warehouses, vendors...
28 May 2025 We Are MSC: Third Officer Kendra S. Williams We Are MSC – Third Officer Kendra S. WilliamsThis week’s “We Are MSC” highlights San Diego, Calif. native Kendra S. Williams, a Third Officer aboard MSC fleet replenishment oiler ship USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204).What is your current hometown?Williams: Technically, San Diego, Calif. But I’m a Navy...
27 May 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Richard E. Byrd This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4). The dry cargo and ammunition ship scored exceptionally well on its Ship Material Assessment and Readiness Test (SMART) Inspection. SMART inspections are intended to provide an accurate assessment of the...
22 May 2025 Military Sealift Command Sailor Wins Fleet Forces Direct Report Activities Shore Sailor of the Year U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) announced the selection of a Military Sealift Command Sailor as the Fiscal Year 2025 Direct Report Activities (DRA) Shore Sailor of the Year (SOY) in a Navy message released May 14.Information Systems Technician 1st Class Meghan Grant, MSC’s Mobile Communications...
21 May 2025 We Are MSC: First Assistant Engineer Tim McKenna We Are MSC – First Assistant Engineer Tim McKennaThis week’s “We Are MSC” highlights Farmingdale, New York native, Tim McKenna, the First Assistant Engineer aboard the Military Sealift Command expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4).How long have you worked with MSC?McKenna: I...