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Vella Gulf; Monterey Demonstrate Self-Sufficiency
May 1, 2019 — Units assigned to Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 take the culture of self-sufficiency to heart in everything they do. Sailors from two of the CSG’s guided-missile cruisers, USS Monterey (CG 61) and USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), recently demonstrated this “self-unit-strike group” mentality when they collaborated on several emergent repairs Vella Gulf... MORE

NUWC Norfolk Det & MARMC Team Up
April 29, 2019 — Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) Micro-Miniature (2M) Lab and Naval Undersea Warfare Center Detachment Norfolk (NUWC) work together to keep the MK-53 Decoy Launching Systems (DLS) (Nulka) operational, Feb. 11. MARMC’s Electronic Warfare Division and 2M repair shop work closely together to repair Processor Power Supplies... MORE

MARMC Waterfront Ops Volunteers Vital to Fitzgerald Availability

Cole Maintenance Team Receives Praise from Leaders
April 29, 2019 — The maintenance teams at Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) know “fixing ships” can be a grind. They are responsible for managing ship availabilities and ensuring the work gets done – crucial work in keeping ships operational ready. The job can be thankless with extremely long hours, so when leaders take a moment to recognize a... MORE

Conducting maintenance on the underwater hull.

Hull Branch: Helping Meet MARMC SBP Priorities
April 29, 2019 — Walking down Main Street in Building CEP-200 you can usually hear the sound of a grinder or someone in the Production Department’s Hull Branch working on one of their many projects. This shop, as well as all of the shops within the Production Department, is always busy fixing ships, but at the end of the day its about the Sailors and getting them... MORE

The Right Resources at the Right Time: MARMC Engineering Service Desk
January 4, 2019 — Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) Engineering Department is rounding out 2018 with a renewed emphasis on their integration into the maintenance availability teams. For years now, MARMC’s Project Support Engineers (PSE) have served as technical subject matter experts (SME) for ships going through Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) avails. As their presence grows on the avail teams, the concept of the Engineering Service Desk (ESD) has begun to take shape... MORE

MARMC Engineering Service Desk Flow Chart

MARMC Rigging/Weight Testing Shop:
January 4, 2019 — As the oldest rating in the U.S. Navy, Boatswain’s Mate (BM) carries a long and storied tradition. This tradition, steeped in a legacy of often overlooked yet critically vital taskings, often carries the weight of the U.S. Navy. For the Boatswain’s Mates at Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), the arts of rigging and weight testing are two of the unsung taskings that continue to ensure ships are mission-ready. For BM1 (SW) Drew Miller, accomplishing MARMC’s mission of preparing vessels for the fleet goes hand-in-hand with qualifying Sailors in the NAMTS Rigging/Weight Testing Job Qualification Requirement (JQR) while keeping the traditions of the BM rating alive... MORE

Teamwork, Leadership Key Monterey Impressive 20% O&I
December 16, 2018 — The USS Monterey (CG 61) project team accomplished the first major milestone of a six-month selected restricted availability (SRA), Oct. 19, when they completed the 20% Open and Inspect (O&I)... MORE

Mission Ready: MARMC Prepares Kearsarge, Arlington for Deployment
December 11, 2018 — In December, USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and USS Arlington (LPD 24) will depart for deployment. MARMC’s Waterfront Operations Department (Code 300) is managing their final Continuous Maintenance Availability (CMAV) prior to getting underway. It is the last opportunity to complete casualty reports (CASREPS), departure from specifications (DFS) and conduct any other outstanding repairs before the ships and their crews pull away from the pier... MORE

USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and USS Arlington (LPD 24) in port gearing up for deployment

Testing the Tools that Keep the Fleet Afloat
November 13, 2018 — It is nearing midnight and you’re fast asleep at home when in the stillness of the evening your phone begins to buzz. You brush it off at first, but then realize that it’s a call coming in. You answer and your supervisors voice is on the other end informing you that you’ll be boarding a plane early that morning to head half way around the world to troubleshoot a faulty critical system on board a U.S. Navy vessel. You pull yourself out of bed, pack your clothes and make sure you have your travel documents in order. Before heading to the airport you make a quick detour to Mid- Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) to pick up your all important test equipment... MORE

Navy’s Oldest Dry-dock gets New Commanding Officer
October 31, 2018 — Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) floating dry-dock Dynamic (AFDL 6) welcomed her 18th commanding officer (CO), as Lt. Cmdr. Seth Hall relieved Lt. Edward Menezes during a change of command ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base (JEB) Little Creek-Fort Story, Oct. 31... MORE

New commander giving his incoming speech