Hometown Heroes

PHILIPPINE SEA (February 7, 2025) – Chief Fire Controlman James Warren from Orlando, Florida, practices using a baton during a non-lethal weapons training amidships...

MAYPORT, Fla. - Lt. j.g. Mickey Murga, a native of Oviedo, Florida, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Patrol and Reconnaissance Squadron (VP) 26....

by Frank Butler, Orlando AdvocateU.S. Navy sailors serve and protect from around the globe, and every sailor got his or her start somewhere. Below...

Residents are invited to join Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings and the Orange County Mayor’s Veterans Advisory Council on Memorial Day for a...

BRITISH ISLES (May 17, 2021) Seaman Lashawn Jackson, from Orlando, Fla., stows line aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117)...

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 27, 2020) - Seaman Gabriela Palaciossantiago, left, from Orlando, Florida, steers U.S. 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) while...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (January 23, 2020) Operations Specialist 1st Class Diana Park, from Winter Springs, Florida, assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, receives the...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 17, 2020) Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Alex Robinson, from Orlando, Florida, assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC)...

By Dusty Good, Navy Office of Community Outreach(Mayport, Fla.) – A 2014 East River High School graduate and Orlando, Florida, native provides key support...

By Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 1st Class Justin M. Castillo YOKOSUKA, Japan - Chief Cryptologic Technician Collections Darren Pierson, a Tampa Bay Tech High School...