Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Zachary Yenco welds a pipe fitting aboard the amphibious assault ship Essex while it sailed the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 5. Navy reforms promise to let hull techs ...

Shouts of “hot metal!” ring throughout the welding area at the Great Lakes Naval Station Hull Maintenance Technician A School as Master Training Specialist Travis Parent, 27, dips a freshly welded bar ...

An Upstate sailor is putting his welding skills to work while serving in the Navy.A photo of U.S. Navy Hull Technician 2nd Class Hunter Moore, from Boiling Springs, South Carolina, was released this ...

GREAT LAKES, Ill. — Sailors are some of the most highly trained people on the planet, according to Navy officials, and this training requires highly dedicated instructors. At Naval Education and ...

Hull Technician 3rd Class Mark Zoerner, from Huntingdon, dons a self-contained breathing apparatus during a rescue and assistance drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS ...

Then Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Justin Huf takes the chief petty officer exam aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG-72) in 2017. US Navy Photo The Navy has ...