Oak Ridge High School plans to display a genuine U.S. Navy anchor. The Oak Ridge High School Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps received the anchor from the Naval Museum. It had previously ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - When you hear the term “Anchor Man,” you probably think about the Will Ferrell comedy from the early 2000s. The city of Prattville has its own anchor man. David Reid is a ...
Command Senior Chief Petty Officer Brianna Ridlon donned a harness, eye protection and a safety helmet earlier this month to reenlist on the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. Not so much aboard the ...
Then-Chief Petty Officer Timothy Vaughn competed on the Navy team during the 2018 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Navy) Because he ...
A fully loaded Navy warship doesn’t slow down easily, which is why its anchor must absorb unbelievable stress. When the chain ...
STONINGTON, Conn. — Walter Ansel, who runs the Mystic Seaport Museum Shipyard, has seen a lot of anchors in his 63 years. Anchors are scattered around the seaport like jacks on a playroom floor, but ...
The Nimitz-class carrier is one of the largest warships ever built, and even lowering its anchor is a display of raw naval power. Newly released footage shows the step-by-step process as the crew ...
OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma liquidator's auction of seven Navy ship anchors invoked nostalgia for some, but other bidders just wanted a big ol' anchor. All of the steel anchors, most weighing 35,000 ...
I know the School Board is faced with hard decisions when it comes to closing schools due to low enrollment. Schools like Atlantic Beach Elementary and Fishweir have a local community of not only ...
The day Norfolk Naval Shipyard workers were to start painting the anchor chain for the carrier USS John C. Stennis arrived, and on his way from the shop to a morning meeting, Shop 11F leader John ...