Machinery Repairman U.S. Navy

NEW: Two U.S. Navy sailors were injured after a U.S. Navy destroyer and a supply ship collided in the Caribbean, according to military officials.

True BM3 is like a LTCdr in any other rate. 😀

Where have you re-enlisted?

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 4, 2024) Machinery Repairman 1st Class Adam Lachman, from East Meadow, New York, operates a lathe to turn a piece of steel in the machine repair shop aboard the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea, June 4. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Dimal)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 20, 2024) Chief Machinery Repairman Nicholas Barkdull, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), provides pipe patching training during a flooding drill in the ship’s hangar, April 20, 2024. Wasp is underway in the Atlantic Ocean and is the flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG)-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completing Composite Training Unit Exercise under the evaluation of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 4 and Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG). CSG 4 and EOTG work together with Joint and Allied teammates to mentor, train, and assess ARG and MEU in support of U.S. and Allied economic, security, and defense interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Oscar Pichardo)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 29, 2023) Machinery Repairman 3rd Class Priscila Simpson, from Houston, assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) engineering department, adjusts her firefighting helmet, March 29, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adonica Munoz)