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Author: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominique Pineiro, Defense Media Activity

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USS Shadwell: The Greatest Ship Never Known

USS Shadwell: The Greatest Ship Never Known

On the evening of January 24, 1945, about eight months before the end of World War II, USS Shadwell was sailing south of Siquijor Island in the Philippines when it was engaged by three enemy torpedo bombers.

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Precision Engineering

Precision Engineering

Every morning since 2013, Kelli Joachim has boarded the same gray, steel-hull, guided-missile destroyer floating in San Diego Bay - USS John Paul Jones. She pulls the same tattered pair of navy blue, grease-stained coveralls out of her stand-up locker in the female berthing and slides into them.

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From Valor to Victory

From Valor to Victory

Duty, Honor, Country. For service members, those three words define what they ought to be, can be, and will be.