Heather Mongilio

About Heather Mongilio

Heather Mongilio is a reporter with USNI News. She has a master’s degree in science journalism and has covered local courts, crime, health, military affairs and the Naval Academy.

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Navy Medicine Preparing to Care for Troops in a Pacific Conflict

Navy Medicine Preparing to Care for Troops in a Pacific Conflict

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Hospital Mate 2nd Class Kyle Guyer, a corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, center, demonstrates the use of medical equipment to soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during a blood transfusion training during Iron Fist 23 in Hijudai, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

This story has been updated to correct the name of the Crew, Readiness, Endurance and Watchstanding program.

As the Navy and other services turn their attention to the Indo-Pacific as the next potential site of combat, researchers under the Navy Medical Research Center are thinking about blood. Read More →

Black, Ruiz Reflect on the Role of the Marine Corps' Top Enlisted Leader

Black, Ruiz Reflect on the Role of the Marine Corps’ Top Enlisted Leader

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Sgt. Maj. Troy Black, 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, left, and Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz, right, stand at attention during the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., Aug. 10, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

THE PENTAGON – Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz readied himself to join the U.S. Space Force when fate stepped in, as it had so many other times during his career as a Marine. Read More →

VCNO Franchetti Issues First Guidance to Fleet as Acting CNO

VCNO Franchetti Issues First Guidance to Fleet as Acting CNO

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Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti delivers remarks during a relinquishment of office ceremony at the United States Naval Academy, Aug. 14, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Navy will continue uninterrupted despite the lack of a confirmed chief of naval operations, Adm. Lisa Franchetti said in her first message to the fleet since taking over the duties of CNO. Read More →

Joint Task Force - Red Hill Preparing to Repack Pipelines In Preparation for October Defueling

Joint Task Force – Red Hill Preparing to Repack Pipelines In Preparation for October Defueling

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Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) roving security and fire watch team members conduct a roving patrol inside the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF), Halawa, Hawaii, August 7, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

Joint Task Force – Red Hill will begin to repack fuel lines at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility at the end of the month, a step needed before complete defueling can start in October, as long as it gets pending approval. Read More →

VIDEO: VCNO Lisa Franchetti Takes Command of the Navy

VIDEO: VCNO Lisa Franchetti Takes Command of the Navy

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Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, who has been nominated to succeed Gilday as a service chief and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Aug. 14, 2023. DoD Photo

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – In a ceremony at the Naval Academy’s Memorial Hall, retiring Chief of Naval Operations Adm Mike Gilday was relieved by VCNO Adm. Lisa Franchetti. She will now perform the duties of CNO pending confirmation by the Senate amidst an ongoing block of confirmation for flag and general officers. Read More →