Museum Volunteer Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.) is pictured presenting a historical presentation entitled “First Class to Chief:1887-2019” for new Chief Petty Officer Selectees at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s More
Sea Cadets with the Thomas Jefferson Division of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps receive some instruction on requesting permission to go-ashore from LCDR James Denning, the units volunteer finance officer while More
190423-N-PP197-1007 CHUUK, Federated States of Micronesia (April 23, 2019) U.S. Navy Sailors paint Iras Demonstration School, strengthening national and community relationships during Pacific Partnership 2019. More
190509-N-PP197-2010 TUY HOA, Vietnam (May 9, 2019) U.S. Navy Capt. Randy Van Rossum, mission commander, meets with Nguyen Chi Hien, Vice Chairman of Phu Yen People’s Committee, building strategic partnerships d More
190514-N-PP197-2069 TUY HOA, Vietnam (May 14, 2019) - Members of Pacific Partnership play soccer against the Phu Yen Medical College team, building lasting bonds of friendship during Pacific Partnership 2019. P More
190515-N-PP197-1066 TUY HOA, Vietnam (May 15, 2019) - Members of Pacific Partnership participate in a beach cleanup at Tuy Hoa city Maritime Park alongside Vietnam Youth Federation of Phu Yen Province, building More
NORFOLK, Va. (Aug. 12, 2019) Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis, commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, left, stands alongside U.S. 2nd Fleet Vice Commander, Rear Adm. Steve Waddell. U.S. 2nd Fleet exercises operational and administ More
Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Chief Petty Officer Selects from area commands in the Hampton Roads Area pose for group pictures aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) as part More
Submitted Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects compete in the cadence and guidon competition during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days. The event was held on August 2 More
Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from Cheatham Annex, part of Naval Weapons Station Yorktown compete in the cadence and guidon competition during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Day More
Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Senior Chief (Ret.) April Maletz presents an engaging historical presentation about the role of women in the U.S. Navy aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wi More
Submitted Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from Naval Station Norfolk compete in the cadence and guidon competition during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days. The More
Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Chief Petty Officer Selects from the Nay Talent Acquisition Group-Pittsburgh compete in the cadence and guidon competition during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days. The event More
Submitted Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from the Arleigh Burke-Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) compete in the cadence and guidon com More
Submitted photo by Clay Farrington. Chief Petty Officer Selects from commands in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area and out of state commands pose for group photos aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship More
Submitted photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects move with a purpose and board the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) as part of the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days trainin More
Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) compete in the cadence and guidon competition during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days. More
Chief Petty Officer Selects from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) compete in the cadence and guidon competition during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days. The event was held on August 20-22, More
Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from the Navy Talent Acquisition Group-Pittsburgh compete in the cadence and guidon competition during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days. The eve More
Submitted Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from the Whidbey Island-Class Dock Landing Ship USS Tortuga (LSD-46) compete in the cadence and guidon competition dur More
Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Elijah Palmer, Deputy Director of Education at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, presents some historical information to CPO selects from area commands aboard the decommission More
Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Special Events Coordinator for the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, BTCS(SW) Thomas Dandes, USN (Ret.) announces the winner of the Best Mess during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage D More
Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from area commands present their guidon for judging during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days Event. Judging the event this year was Laura Orr (le More
Chief Petty Officer Selects pose for a group photo at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s Annex Building and Special Collections Facility aboard Naval Station Norfolk. The selects from Fleet Readiness Center Mid-A More
Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. The view from the middle of the Hampton River from the forward gun tub of PBR 721, a painstakingly-restored, privately-owned river patrol boat (PBR) of the type used by both More
A Vietnamese sampan, captured in 1968 by US Navy Riverine Forces, along with a diorama featuring a Patrol Boat, Riverine and its gun tub are some of the artifacts that will be on display at a new exhibit at the More
Submitted photo by Elijah Palmer. Scenes from the exhibit spaces at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum during the construction and installation of their new exhibit “The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: The U.S Navy in More
Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Staff members from the Curator of Navy Ship Models, within the Office of the Curator of Models at the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Carderock Division in Bethesda, Maryland More
Submitted photo by Elijah Palmer. Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) take part in a unique COMREL experience as they lift a heavy model of the Des-Moines Cla More
John Pentangelo, Director of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, provides an abbreviated guided tour of the new exhibit spaces for a contingent of sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-Class Guided Missile Cruiser US More
Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper looks at artifacts related to the U.S. Navy’s role during the Vietnam War as Museum Director John Pentangelo provides some brief historical notes. Secretary Esper arrived at t More
Elijah Palmer, Deputy Director of Education at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, leads a tour of the new exhibit spaces under construction at the naval museum for museum volunteers. The museum’s new exhibit “The More
U.S. Navy Lt. Blake Nixon, a pilot assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, shows an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter to students from Scuola Beneventano middle school during a tour onboard Naval Support More
Museum Historian, Clay Farrington photographs a diorama of a Prisoner of War camp that will be on display in the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s new exhibit “The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: the US Navy in Vietnam More
Submitted photo by Eric Alton. Staff members with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum take a moment together to pose for a photo in their completed exhibit. The exhibit, “The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: The U.S. Na More
Submitted photo by Clay Farrington. Scenes showing the pre-opening setting at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s new exhibit “The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: The U.S. Navy in Vietnam, 1950-1975”. The new immersi More
Submitted photo by Clay Farrington. Staff members with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum take a moment together to pose for a photo in their completed exhibit at the conclusion of the opening reception. The exhibi More
Volunteer Coordinator, Darcy Sink with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum (center), provides an overview of the museum’s new exhibit for Lavern Savage (left), Director and Glenn Dozier, Outreach Coordinator (right) More
Museum Volunteer Jim Hahn (left) talks Linda Harmon, Group Sales Manager at Nauticus in the gallery of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. The museum, located on the second deck of Nauticus in Downtown Norfolk, hos More
Museum Historian, Clay Farrington with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, prepares nearly 1,000 copies of their latest historical publication “The Daybook: An Official Publication of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum More
Some of the notes left at the comments wall of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s new exhibit about the U.S. Navy’s role during the Vietnam War. The new exhibit “The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: the US Navy in Vi More
Submitted photo by Clay Farrington. Volunteers and staff members bid a fond farewell to Clayton Allen, who served as the Battleship Operations Manager aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wiscons More
Museum Volunteer, Chris Page with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, provides some historical notes to a visitor in the museum’s new exhibit “The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: the US Navy in Vietnam, 1950-1975.” Th More
A color guard comprising of sailors from the Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) presents the colors during the National Anthem at a women’s soccer game at Old Dominion University. The s More
Staff members from the Military Aviation Museum, located in Virginia Beach, tour the newly renovated spaces at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s new exhibit “The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: The U.S. Navy in Vie More
John Pentangelo (left), Director of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum (HRNM), converses with Alisha Hamel, Director of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum during a visit to the HRNM gallery. The visit brought staf More
191204-N-OS895-0001 NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 4, 2019) Staff members from U.S. 2nd Fleet (C2F) and U.S. 6th Fleet met in Norfolk to discuss best practices for maritime effectiveness, Dec. 4. C2F develops and employs m More
Museum Director, John Pentangelo of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, provides a guided tour for members of the American Society of Naval Engineers-Tidewater Section of the museum’s gallery. The tour allowed the More
Sergeant First Class Curt Loter, the U.S. Army’s Artist in Residence, provides an overview of the Combat Artist Program for staff members of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum during a visit to the U.S. Army’s Muse More
Chief Jason Hartberger, assigned to the Naval Medical Center-Portsmouth, inspects the inside of an open Mk. 143 Armored Box Launcher along with a Nauticus Volunteer aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battlesh More
Beverly Albright, Youth Education Manager with the Norfolk Botanical Garden, interacts with area educators at the annual Educator Night at the Chrysler Museum of Art. (US Navy Photo by Max Lonzanida/Released).
Norfolk, VA. (February 1, 2020). Rep. Elaine Luria, from Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, pauses for a moment with two LEGO standees during a visit to the 9th Annual LEGO Brick by Brick Shipbuilding Event More
PHILIPPINE SEA, (Feb 5. 2020) Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Sailors with the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) transport a casualty from a simulated combat zone in order to More
Chris Gwinn and Gregg Goodell, both Park Rangers at Gettysburg National Military Park receive a welcome and orientation to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum from Laura Orr, the museum’s Director of Education. Both More
Chris Gwinn and Gregg Goodell, both Park Rangers at Gettysburg National Military Park walk through the exhibits at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, in Norfolk, Virginia. Both Rangers visited the museum to see th More
Correy Twilley, Curator and Director at the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum at Fort Lee, Virginia converses with CSM Muriel A. MacDonald, Command Sergeant Major for the 733rd Mission Support Group. Twilley was p More
The Military Sealift Command’s newest Expeditionary Mobile Base, USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB-4) docked behind the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. The ship is scheduled to be commissioned during the first w More
An infographic illustrating ICEX 2020 facts. ICEX is a biennial submarine exercise which promotes interoperability between allies and partners to maintain operational readiness and regional stability, while im More
Capt. Lee Duckworth, USN (Ret.), a volunteer with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum staffs an outreach table with information and interpretive panels related to WWII, the Medal of Honor, and the Battle of Iwo Jima More
Medal of Honor Recipient, Hershel “Woody” Williams signs commemorative commissioning programs and poses for photos during a reception following the commissioning of the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB-4). The More
Members of the Italian Red Cross toured U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Naples and met with leadership on October 5. The visit, facilitated by the American Red Cross Naples Chapter, was the first of its kind and br More
190509-N-PP197-2018 TUY HOA, Vietnam (May 9, 2019) Australian Navy Capt. Brendon Zilko, mission chief of staff, greets local distinguished visitors, building strategic partnerships during Pacific Partnership 20 More
190514-N-PP197-1135 TUY HOA, Vietnam (May 14, 2019) - Members of Pacific Partnership play soccer against the Phu Yen Medical College team, building lasting bonds of friendship during Pacific Partnership 2019. P More
190515-N-PP197-1060 TUY HOA, Vietnam (May 15, 2019) - Members of Pacific Partnership participate in a beach cleanup at Tuy Hoa city Maritime Park alongside Vietnam Youth Federation of Phu Yen Province, building More
Museum artifacts stored at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s Museum Annex Building and Special Collections Facility. The museum is one of the Navy Museum within the Naval History and Heritage Command; and hosts More
Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from the Nay Talent Acquisition Group-Pittsburgh compete in the cadence and guidon competition during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days. The even More
Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Groups of Chief Petty Officer Selects from area commands compete in the cadence and guidon competition as part of the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days event. The event was held More
Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. At the helm of PBR 721 in the Hampton River, owner Dennis A. Ambruso, who served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, recounts various hand signals used when preparing to More