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M/V Maersk Alabama Captain Receives Valor Award
The captain of M/V Maersk Alabama received the inaugural National Maritime Valor Award from the Nauticus National Maritime Center Nov. 19 at the Nauticus in Norfolk, Va.
The ceremony held Thu...
M/V Maersk Alabama Captain Thanks Bainbridge Crew
M/V Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips thanked the captain and crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) for his rescue from Somali pirates in April during a ceremony held on the... LCS 2 Completes Acceptance Trials
The future USS Independence (LCS 2) successfully completed acceptance trials this week, after completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and S... Navy Seeks 100 Percent Participation in Electronic Service Records
As the Navy moves forward with plans to eliminate the enlisted field service record more than 130,000 Sailors need to establish a self-service account that will allow them to access to their new digit... Blue Ridge Wraps Up Fall Deployment
More than 1,200 Sailors and Marines from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), embarked 7th Fleet staff, and Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 19, completing a t... Nimitz Squadrons Join Dubai Air Show
Two squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 joined hundreds of civilian and military exhibitors Nov. 15 at the International Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Two F/A-18E Super Horne... Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group Enters 5th Fleet
After transiting the western Pacific Ocean, the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) entered the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations this week to relieve the Bataan ARG.
While deploye... M/V Maersk-Alabama Repels Suspected Pirate Attack
Four suspected pirates in a skiff came within 300 yards of M/V Maersk-Alabama and used small arms weapons in an attempt to board the ship.
The security team embarked aboard Maersk-Alabama re... Bataan ARG/22nd MEU Departs 5th Fleet
The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) officially departed 5th Fleet and entered 6th Fleet's Area of Operations when the multipurpose amphibious assault s... CNO Visits Egypt, Greece and USS Ponce
The chief of naval operations (CNO) visited the naval forces of Egypt and Greece Nov. 10-15.
The purpose of CNO's visit was to further enhance the global maritime partnerships between the nat...
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Naval Air Station Jacksonville News
Law Students Sharpen Skills at JAG Moot Court Competition
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Teams from 23 law schools across the United States – including Harvard, Duke, Georgetown and Yale – converged on Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville Nov. 12-14 to take part in the inaugural National Moot Court Competition sponsored by the Navy Judge ...
Vietnam Vets Honored at Naval Air Station Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville welcomed more than 250 Vietnam veterans for a special commemoration ceremony Nov. 9.
The event began with several songs by the Fishweir Elementary School Chorus and the parading of the colors by the NAS J ...
MCPON Calls Fleet And Force Leadership Conference
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- More than 50 of the Navy's most senior enlisted leaders from around the world gathered at Naval Air Station Jacksonville Nov. 1-6 to participate in the inaugural Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Fleet and Force Conference.
"Th ...
Patrol Squadron Five 'Mad Foxes' Remember Their Own
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville welcomed hundreds of Sailors, families, retirees and other distinguished guests to the unveiling of a memorial Nov. 6 at Heritage Park in honor of Patrol Squadron 5 crew LA-9.
"Just a few months ago, this ...
Event Honors Individual Augmentees, Spouses at Naval Air Station Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jax) and the Northeast Florida Navy League Council hosted the fourth biannual Individual Augmentee (IA) Appreciation Luncheon Nov. 5 at the NAS Jax Officers' Club.
The event honored 107 IAs and 62 spouses ...
All-Navy Rugby Team Trains At Naval Air Station Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- The All-Navy Rugby Team held its annual training camp at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville Oct. 30 through Nov. 8 for the third consecutive year.
The camp brings rugby players here from all parts of the world to practice their skills and ...
Aircraft Emergency Landing Exercise Held At Naval Air Station Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Hundreds of military and civilian personnel participated in the Oct. 29 emergency drill at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, when a four-engine P-3C Orion aircraft assigned to VP-30 was forced to land with a collapsed nose gear.
"It app ...
Naval Air Station Jacksonville Celebrating 70 Years Of Aviation Excellence
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Dozens of historically savvy Sailors and civilians gathered at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville's Heritage Park Oct. 30 to be some of the first to receive posters commemorating the 70th anniversary of NAS Jacksonville.
The posters were ...
Sea of Sailors Welcomes President Obama To Naval Air Station Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- President Barack Obama boarded Air Force One for a flight to Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville Oct. 26 where he addressed more than 3,400 enthusiastic Sailors, Marines, Department of Defense civilians and military families.
The president ...
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Ford Keel Laid for Future Carrier, Class
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- A keel-laying ceremony for the Navy's first Ford-class aircraft carrier, Gerald R. Ford, (CVN 78) was held at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. Nov. 14.
The ceremony celebrated not only the building of a new class of ship, bu...
Sailors, Soldiers on Nimitz Work to Avoid Civilian Casualties
USS NIMITZ, At Sea (NNS) -- Two Soldiers working deep inside aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) serve as liaisons between the aviators of Carrier Air Wing 11 and coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
Army Maj. Johnnie Gallegos and Army Sgt. 1st Class Percy ...
Navy Personnel Command Moving Sailors Despite Budget Constraints
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- Navy Personnel Command (NPC) has released Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders to keep the fleet moving, despite the lack of a fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget, Navy officials announced Nov. 16.
"Until the National Defense Appropriations Bil...
Fiscal Year 2010 Seaman to Admiral Results Released
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy has selected 226 enlisted Sailors to join its officer ranks through the Seaman to Admiral (STA-21) program and are named in NAVADMIN 329/09.
Seventy-three alternates were also chosen for consideration for the program in the event that ...
Navy Public Health Center Web Site Offers Flu-Related Info
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (NNS) -- The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) in Portsmouth, Va., manages a comprehensive influenza Web site that offers up-to-date guidance about influenza infection.
The site provides situational awareness and responses to the co...
Navy Working Uniform Roll-out Accelerated
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy Exchange Command is accelerating its distribution schedule of the Navy Working Uniform (NWU), due to sufficient inventory of the most in-demand sizes, as early as next week, according to NAVADMIN 328/09.
Beginning Nov. 16, NWU component...
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