We witnessed how the Navy SEALs made a grand entrance for the premiere night of Act of Valor at the Arclight Theater. The movie has become well known due to the fact that it featured real Navy SEALs playing themselves, as opposed to Hollywood actors. One of the SEALs who made his big screen debut [...]

The 25th Annual Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium is set for March 5 and 6 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The event is hosted by the Sea Service Leadership Association (SSLA). Registration for the two-day event, which carries the theme “United in Service: Our Global Impact,” is still open. [...]

It is called “once in a lifetime” for a reason – an experience so significant and unique, one would think it will never happen again. For a Navy hospital corpsman, that experience came in the form of meeting President Barack Obama, which happened in June 2009 during a visit to the former National Naval Medical [...]

ONR-Prague Marks 2nd Anniversary

February 28th, 2012

The Prague branch of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) celebrated its 2nd anniversary on February 26, Sunday. It is the mission of ONR Global to satisfy the current and future needs of the Navy and Marine Corps, and there are five regional engagement offices worldwide working towards seeking out promising advances in science and [...]

The United States Navy revealed that it was expanding its drug testing program, and among the changes that will be made is the testing of more prescription medication. The announcement was made on Thursday, February 23, by the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC). The announcement revealed that the Navy Drug Screening Laboratories [...]

There are many challenges that Navy SEALs have undoubtedly conquered and overcome, but this most recent one is probably unique: there are no weapons and clandestine operations involved – at least none that are real. The movie Act of Valor opened on Friday, February 24, and conquered the box office on Oscar weekend, earning $24.7 [...]