USS Georgia stands armed and ready

Tomorrow's return to service ceremony for USS Georgia (SSGN 729) marks one of the biggest milestones for this newly converted SSGN submarine since its commissioning ceremony back in February 1984. [ More ]

Stay in or get out? How do you decide?
When someone walks into a military recruiter's office, they enlist in the military for patriotism, for the promise of adventure, for the benefits of health and education, and sometimes even for the discipline military life brings. Sometimes Sailors realize that the demanding and sometimes grueling lifestyle of the Navy is not for them and decide to move to what seems to be a better lifestyle.

NMCRS: Your first resource
Are you expecting a baby soon?Are you ready to get married, buy a car, or a home, but you are not sure what you can afford to spend?These are just a few life situations where the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) can act as your first resource.NMCRS has more than a century of service history assisting active duty and retired service members and their families with services such as budget counseling and financial assistance.

Keeping Kings Bay armed and ready
Tucked away several miles in the depths of NSB Kings Bay is the Defense Ordinance Support Facility. Without this important facility, submarines operating out of Kings Bay would have a difficult time launching attacks or using evasive maneuvers. That is because DOSF personnel go to extreme lengths to ensure the ordinance they provide for the boats are 100 percent "good to go". DOSF receives, prepares and loads several different types of torpedoes, submarine countermeasures, Tomahawk missiles, and emergency beacons onto every Submarine operating from Kings Bay.

Troops to Teachers Program is ready to help you teach
There are several different ways a servicemember can give back to their community once they've left the military. One way to give back and start a second career is the Troops to Teachers Program.

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