Fort Lauderdale – Resolve Academy, a provider of maritime training, hosted its 19 th annual Damage Control Olympics on April 29. The spirited competition of shipboard firefighting and vessel flooding ...

Damage Controlman 2nd Class Erik Coffee, from Whitehouse, center, reads casualty reports from a watch-stander checklist during damage control training aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS ...

Firefighting aboard U.S. Navy ships is serious business, but that doesn't mean there isn't time for games during training. Naval Surface Forces, US Pacific Fleet hosted Surface Line Week, a ...

USS Ashland™s damage control training team tested the countermeasure wash-down and firefighting systems while underway after a 6 month period in port. Join thousands of government contractors who rely ...

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.

Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Jarod Rife, from Wapakoneta, uses a naval firefighting thermal imager during a damage control training exercise on Dec. 3 in the carpentry shop onboard ...

March 2, 2022: In January 2022 the U.S. Navy had an unexpected opportunity to demonstrate that its damage control capabilities and training were still as good as ever. An F-35C landing on the ...

December 8, 2023: The U.S. Navy recently developed and purchased improved thermal imaging devices that are built into the visor of the breathing mask worn by members of damage control teams. Team ...

The final assessment of the USS Bonhomme Richard fire reveals that the U.S. Navy is hobbled by questionable training, a shortage of personnel, and a general unpreparedness to fight and prevail in a ...

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