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Heather Heffernan, a fifth grade teacher at the Bahrain School, interacts with her students in September of 2019. The school was closed Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, by order of the king following a big win by the Bahrain national soccer team.<br>Joshua Karsten/Stars and Stripes
Heather Heffernan, a fifth grade teacher at the Bahrain School, interacts with her students in September of 2019. The school was closed Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, by order of the king following a big win by the Bahrain national soccer team.<br>Joshua Karsten/Stars and Stripes

Bahrain’s DODEA school closes to celebrate national team’s big soccer win

The Bahrain School, run by the Department of Defense Education Activity on the U.S. Navy base there, operates independently but decided to “honor the decree from the king,” the school's principal said.

Visitors swim and relax in the shade at Al Dar Island.<br>Joshua Karsten/Stars and Stripes
Visitors swim and relax in the shade at Al Dar Island.<br>Joshua Karsten/Stars and Stripes

Swim, kayak, relax at Al Dar Islands, a short boat ride away from Manama

For beach lovers, families or partygoers, Al Dar offers the feel of an island getaway.

Navy Lt. Kawika Segundo, a medical planner stationed at Naval Amphibious Force 51/5, leads a bone marrow drive at his command on Oct. 24, 2019. <br>JOSHUA KARSTEN/STARS AND STRIPES
Navy Lt. Kawika Segundo, a medical planner stationed at Naval Amphibious Force 51/5, leads a bone marrow drive at his command on Oct. 24, 2019. <br>JOSHUA KARSTEN/STARS AND STRIPES

A sailor who helped save a child spreads the word on bone marrow donation

Navy Lt. Kawika Segundo’s bone marrow had less than a 4% chance to match with a terminally ill 7-year-old, but that slim chance turned out to be enough.

Athletes run laps around the hallways of the DODEA-Europe school in Bahrain on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. The team trains before school in the hallways to avoid heat-related injuries. <br>Joshua Karsten/Stars and Stripes
Athletes run laps around the hallways of the DODEA-Europe school in Bahrain on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. The team trains before school in the hallways to avoid heat-related injuries. <br>Joshua Karsten/Stars and Stripes

Bahrain looks for creative ways for athletes to beat the heat

Every weekday morning, before the janitors show up to clean the floors, the boys and girls teams dash through the school hallways to avoid heat-related injuries.

Submariners handle a Mark 46 torpedo aboard the USS Olympia on July 11, 2019. The Navy announced on Sept. 30, 2019, that the torpedoman's mate rating has been re-established after 24 years.<br>Kelly Agee/US Navy
Submariners handle a Mark 46 torpedo aboard the USS Olympia on July 11, 2019. The Navy announced on Sept. 30, 2019, that the torpedoman's mate rating has been re-established after 24 years.<br>Kelly Agee/US Navy

Navy brings back the torpedoman's mate rating

The torpedoman moniker was first used in 1921 and was changed to torpedoman’s mate in 1942. It retained that name until 1995, when the Navy merged the job with machinist submariners.

Seaman Justin Williams attends a Navy College Afloat Program for College Education class in a training classroom while underway on the USS Abraham Lincoln on July 19, 2019. The Navy announced on Sept. 30, 2019, that the instructor-led NPACE program is ending, with all funds being redirected to the tuition assistance program.<br>Garrett LaBarge/US Navy
Seaman Justin Williams attends a Navy College Afloat Program for College Education class in a training classroom while underway on the USS Abraham Lincoln on July 19, 2019. The Navy announced on Sept. 30, 2019, that the instructor-led NPACE program is ending, with all funds being redirected to the tuition assistance program.<br>Garrett LaBarge/US Navy

Navy scraps instructor-led college at sea program as demand falls, costs rise

The roughly $2 million that will be saved annually by closing an instructor-led program will be redirected to tuition assistance for sailors, officials said.

Then-Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West holds an all-hands call at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. West is wearing the Navy working uniform type III during a test phase, while the sailors behind him wear the Type I uniform. That uniform, also known as a blueberry, will no longer be authorized for wear starting October 1, 2019.<br>Jennifer A. Villalovos/U.S. Navy
Then-Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West holds an all-hands call at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. West is wearing the Navy working uniform type III during a test phase, while the sailors behind him wear the Type I uniform. That uniform, also known as a blueberry, will no longer be authorized for wear starting October 1, 2019.<br>Jennifer A. Villalovos/U.S. Navy

Navy says goodbye to the 'blueberry' camouflage uniform

First introduced in 2008 as part of a uniform modernization program based on sailor input, the blue camouflage uniform was intended to be worn by enlisted and officers to “project a unified image/appearance regardless of rank.”