Three small parts made one big difference for the crew of GC 109 Orion, a Dominican Republic patrol boat that received the critical components fabricated by a damage controlman aboard Coast Guard ...

A lookout spotted three black spheres in the water, and the officer of the deck swiftly brought the frigate to a halt; he proceeded to back out of a minefield. However, the mine's foil trigger was ...

Navy Damage Controlman Chief Daniel Gutierrez, of Victorville, was part of the chief pinning ceremony on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson in the ...

Most ordinary people might get nervous to step out onto Safeco Field in Seattle and throw the first pitch at a Mariners game. But Justin Kuxhausen, a damage controlman working on the Tongue ...

Sailors place plugs in the hull of the USS Buttercup during a training exercise. Norfolk area Sailors and Coast Guardsmen test their damage control skills aboard the USS Buttercup during general ...

(Editor's note: This article continues our series about the service-specific training our sister services provide at Fort Leonard Wood.) Seeing Sailors or Coast Guardsmen in Missouri, let alone on an ...

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Maria Romero, from Bonita Springs, received the Sailor of the Day award from Capt. Mike Wettlaufer, USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) commanding officer. Providing a ...

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) provided assistance to 25 mariners in the early hours of March 19, after receiving a distress call from a civilian ship taking on water.

As the sun peeked over the horizon, five teams from sea and shore commands, competed to determine who had the best firefighting skills during the 9th annual 2017 Damage Control (DC) Olympics held at ...