25 July 2016 USS Makin Island Hosts Summer Cruise Midshipmen Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) hosted 30 midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy and Naval ROTC units, from June 27 to July 22, as part of the Midshipman Summer Cruise program...
25 July 2016 Change of Charge in Navy Region Northwest Capt. William Bulis relieved Rear Adm. Jeffrey Ruth as commander, Navy Region Northwest (CNRNW) during a change of charge ceremony in the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Theater, July 22...
24 July 2016 Boxer ARG Enters US 7th Fleet The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, July 23 after nearly four months in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations...
24 July 2016 USS New Orleans, 13th MEU Arrive in Sri Lanka Amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka for a port visit, July 24...
24 July 2016 Boxer ARG Departs US 5th Fleet The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) concluded operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO) and entered the U.S. 7th Fleet AOO, July 23...
23 July 2016 CVN 77 Returns to Sea USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) left Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) July 23 after completing a 13-month planned incremental availability (PIA)...
22 July 2016 Sailors Graduate First USN-JMSDF NCO Leadership Continuum Twenty Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy (USN) sailors graduated the first Bilateral Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Leadership Continuum held at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan, July 21...
22 July 2016 Volunteers Search for, Protect Diamondback Terrapins Along Pax River's Shores For the fourth consecutive year, determined volunteers are once again scouring the beaches at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in search of the elusive nesting sites of the diamondback terrapin...
22 July 2016 Future USS Detroit (LCS 7) Completes Acceptance Trial Future USS Detroit (LCS 7) successfully concluded its acceptance trial July 15 after completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV)...
22 July 2016 Forces Take to the Field for Sea Breeze 16 More than 250 multinational military service members participated in the Sea Breeze 2016 land component demonstration at the Shyrokyi Lan training facility in Shyrokyl Lan, Ukraine, July 21...