Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG-57) participate in an engineering training drill on Sept. 26, 2017. US Navy Photo This year’s deadly decline in fleet ...

The tragic deaths of Newark firefighters Augusto Acabou and Wayne Brooks Jr., fighting a cargo vessel fire, have brought into stark focus the real dangers of shipboard firefighting, especially for ...

NORFOLK NAVAL STATION, Va. — The sky was dark and the sea was calm on June 17, 2017, when the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald crashed into the ACX Crystal, a Philippine-flagged cargo ship off ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — In the wake of last Wednesday's deadly ship fire in New Jersey, NBC 10 is talking to the North Kingstown Fire Department about resources and training -- as well as future plans ...

Two years after Cal Maritime became the first U.S. maritime academy and training ship to be certified for the International Maritime Safety Management Code, cadets at the academy are seeing the ...

U.S. Marines with the 31st MEU conduct shipboard security and marksmanship training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) in the South China Sea, September - October, 2018. Highlights: ...

A report released by the Government Accountability Office this fall finds the Navy and Marine Corps are falling short in adequate and consistent training for amphibious missions, with stateside units ...

A new U.S. Coast Guard report on the deadly Port Newark fire raises new questions about the training of those who battled the blaze aboard a cargo ship loaded with second hand vehicles bound for West ...

Many shore-side fire departments, responsible for matters dealing with marine firefighting and other hazards, may not be as prepared as they should for the many dangers associated with vessel fires.

As the fire grew on Wednesday night, Deck 10 was turning deadly. Inside the tight confines of the Grande Costa d’Avorio, it would have been dark inside the large ship with heavy black smoke from the ...

A Marine with 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division onshore after training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on March 13, 2022. US Marine Corps Photo CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – ...

BREMERTON — A decommissioned former nuclear-powered training submarine with more than 60 years of history was towed to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard this week, waiting to be recycled. PSNS & IMF will be ...