NORFOLK, Va. - The Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131, stationed aboard Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, held an aerial change of command ceremony, Dec. 2, to mark a transition of command leadership.

NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) Great Lakes held a ribbon cutting ceremony unveiling a new Virtual Operator Trainer (VOT) for Operations Specialist (OS) “A” School Dec. 02.

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Four years in the making, the AN/SLQ-32 (V)6 maintenance course using Multipurpose Reconfigurable Training System (MRTS) 3D trainers is up and running and has completed two pilot rounds of instruction.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) successfully concluded participation in the French exercise POLARIS 21, December 2, 2021.

JAPAN - The expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11) is supporting the U.S. Marine Corps during Resolute Dragon 21 in Japan, Dec. 4 - 16.

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony signifying the completion of the cliff line erosion repair project on Naval Station Rota, Spain (NAVSTA Rota), Nov. 5, 2021.

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Participants worked together to clear a simulated minefield using unit-level mine warfare tactics to include mine hunting, detection, and neutralization.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Adm. Robert Burke, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) and Allied Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples, visited the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91) during the French exercise POLARIS 21, Dec. 2, 2021.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERY POINT, N.C. - The U.S. Navy established its latest addition to a program designed to bring together regional government, industry and academia to expand an ecosystem focused on innovation when the Nov. 15 signing of a partnership between Fleet Readiness Center East and

ATLANTIC OCEAN - Honoring the lives of veterans who committed themselves to America, the USS Truxtun (DDG 103) crew conducted a burial at sea while underway off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 14.