03 September 2024 Navy Week Returns to Albuquerque Navy Week is set to return to Albuquerque for a week of events Sept. 9-15, in conjunction with the New Mexico State Fair, following similar events in 2022...
03 September 2024 Navy’s First Contracted Robotics Warfare Specialist PHOENIX – Future Sailor (FS) Karla Torres-Casillas became the Navy’s first contracted Robotics Warfare (RW) Specialist after enlisting in the Navy at Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) Phoenix, Aug. 27, 2024...
02 September 2024 UNITAS LXV Begins VALPARAISO, Chile - Navy and Marine forces arrived in Valparaiso in support of UNITAS LXV (65), the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise in the world, which officially commenced September 2, 2024. The Chilean navy is hosting this year's UNITAS, which will...
02 September 2024 Centerton Native Supports Military Exercise NORTHERN VIKING in Iceland KEFLAVÍK AIR BASE, Iceland – Hospitalman Zachary Elliott joins U.S. Sailors and Marines for U.S.-led exercise NORTHERN VIKING 2024 (NV24) in Keflavik, Iceland, from Aug. 26 to Sept. 3, 2024...
01 September 2024 USS Laboon Returns Home from Deployment NORFOLK, Va. -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, from an independent deployment to the U.S. 2nd, 5th, and 6th fleet areas of operation, Sept. 1...
30 August 2024 Future USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140) The U.S. Navy celebrated the keel plate signing for one of the Navy’s future Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyers at an event hosted at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) on Aug. 30.The ceremony was held in honor of Capt. Thomas G. Kelley, a Medal of Honor recipient for his heroism during...
30 August 2024 Bombs Away: IKE Completes Tri-Carrier Ammo Off-Load ATLANTIC OCEAN-- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) completed an ammunition off-load with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and dry cargo ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE...
30 August 2024 Navy’s first contracted Robotics Warfare Specialist PHOENIX – Future Sailor (FS) Karla Torres-Casillas became the Navy’s first contracted Robotics Warfare (RW) Specialist after enlisting in the Navy at Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) Phoenix, Aug. 27, 2024.The RW rating became available for active duty contracts on Aug. 27,...
30 August 2024 Recognizing signs of cardiac distress makes life-saving difference at FRCE An ordinary day at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) took a dramatic turn when a 28-year-old employee suffered a cardiac emergency, but thanks to his supervisor's swift and potentially life-saving intervention, he is back to his normal self...
30 August 2024 ONR Program Officer Named AAAS Fellow for ‘Visionary Leadership’ For his “multi-decade visionary leadership role in setting and shepherding the research agenda in AI and computational neuroscience at the Office of Naval Research [ONR],” Dr. Tom McKenna recently was named a 2023 Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)...