06 February 2024 Secretary of the Navy Energy Excellence Awards announced WASHINGTON – The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy Excellence Award winners for fiscal year 2023 were announced Jan. 23...
06 February 2024 Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Concludes Arctic Training Exercise Snow Crab Ex LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 completed Snow Crab Exercise (Snow Crab Ex) 24-1 Feb. 4, 2024 following the departure of Navy EOD units and Navy Divers at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota...
06 February 2024 Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Concludes Arctic Training Exercise Snow Crab Ex LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 completed Snow Crab Exercise (Snow Crab Ex) 24-1 Feb. 4, 2024 following the departure of Navy EOD units and Navy Divers at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota...
06 February 2024 USNS Brunswick Returns Home after 7 Years in the Western Pacific NORFOLK, Va. – Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) sixth expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) shifted its hub port in Saipan to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story, Va., Feb. 3, 2024. The evolution signified the completion of a seven-year forward...
06 February 2024 The Sullivans Returns to Mayport NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) returned home to Naval Station Mayport following a two-month deployment to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, Feb. 3...
06 February 2024 NAVSAFECOM Continues Risk Assurance Assessments Across Enterprise NORFOLK, Va. — Nearly two years since the Naval Safety Command (NAVSAFECOM) began its assurance assessment process across the naval enterprise, it has completed over 20 Echelon II/III risk assurance assessments, continuing its focus on risk identification, communication and accountability...
06 February 2024 NRL Joins Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) WASHINGTON — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) meteorologists, in partnership with NASA, will join a team of international scientists to participate in the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) experiment beginning on February 2...
06 February 2024 USS Normandy Returns Home from 8-Month Deployment NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. — The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) – part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) – returned to homeport in Norfolk after an 8-month deployment to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, Jan. 20,...
06 February 2024 From Iranian refugee to Navy linguist: LCDR Ahrar’s realization of the American Dream Ahrar fled to America at the age of 16 in response to the Iraq-Iran War. He graduated from Minnesota State University with a Bachelors of Arts in English Literature and continued to become a teacher and coach. At the age of 39, he commissioned as a human resources officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves,...
06 February 2024 USS McFaul Returns Home from 8-month Deployment NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. — The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) returned to Norfolk, Va., Jan. 4, 2024 after an 8-month deployment to the Atlantic Ocean and U.S. 5th Fleet areas of operations...