Sailors aboard the Hawaii-based Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) will depart Pearl Harbor April 30 for a scheduled Western Pacific deployment.
The Defense Department, in concert with the military services and interagency partners are successfully implementing the department's revamped Transition Assistance Program, a senior DOD official told a House Armed Services Committee subcommittee here April 24.
Service members married to other service members are no longer automatically enrolled in the Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, Pentagon officials said.
The John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) returned to San Diego Apr. 29, marking the end of a successful deployment for Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 and the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) to the U.S. Navy's 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility (AOR).
U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (CNE-CNA) Personnel Recovery team and an aircraft assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 67 assisted the Greek Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) during a search and rescue (SAR) event near Greece, after two cargo ships collided April 29.
The Naval History and Heritage Command's National Museum of the United States Navy hosted a special presentation April 25 by the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA).
The Naval Base Guam community participated in the Second Annual Walk for Children on NBG April 26, in an effort to spread awareness about child abuse prevention.
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) received the Battenberg Cup in recognition of outstanding achievements over the course of 2012.
Sailors stationed on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI), and community members from the City of Oak Harbor Parks Department and Washington State University (WSU) Extension participated in a beach cleanup to commemorate Earth Day 2013, April 26.