NMCP officers and chief petty officers gather for a group photo wearing their combination or ‘bucket’ covers on Oct. 30, 2018. US Navy Photo The pushback against a unisex cover, though, was ...

Loretta Walsh: The Navy’s First Female Chief Petty Officer. ... She served during World War I, later working at a naval hospital before passing away from tuberculosis at 29.

In September, retired Master Chief Petty Officer Gus Villalobos put on his uniform for only the second time in the last 50 years. The first was on Veterans Day 16 years ago.

The U.S. Navy Chief of Information on Saturday moved to properly recognize a "heroic" Black World War II sailor for swimming through the night for hours to save 15 wounded sailors.

Retired Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Bill Plackett died Friday at age ... and enlisted in 1956 at 19. He had been enchanted by watching sailors return from World War II, his daughter, ...