29 December 2016 Last US Ship Transferred to ROK Navy Decommissioned in Ceremony Highlighting Naval Partnership The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) decommissioned the ROKN ship Pyeongtaek (ATS-27), Dec. 28, closing the final chapter on the last U.S. ship transferred to the ROK Navy...
29 December 2016 Maritime Strike Squadrons Conduct Flyover of Holiday Bowl The "Wolf Pack" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75, "Battlecats" of HSM-73, and "Griffins" of HSM-79, helped kick off the 2016 Holiday Bowl when they performed a flyover at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Dec. 27...
28 December 2016 Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Returns Home More than 6,000 Sailors from Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 are scheduled to arrive at their homeports Dec. 30 after completing a highly successful seven-month deployment...
28 December 2016 Future USS Rafael Peralta Completes Acceptance Trials The future USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) successfully completed acceptance trials Dec. 16 after spending two days underway off the coast of Maine...
28 December 2016 USS Spruance Holds Change of Command SAN DIEGO-The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) held its change of command ceremony at Naval Base San Diego Dec. 2, 2016, as Cmdr. Manuel Hernandez turned over the role of commanding officer to Cmdr. Joshua M. Menzel...
27 December 2016 Guam Navy Commands Win 2016 Environmental Stewardship Flagship Award Naval Munitions Command East Asia Division (NMCEAD) Unit Guam and the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), homeported in Guam, were named the 2016 Environmental Stewardship Flagship Award winners for small overseas and large sea categories, respectively...
27 December 2016 Navy Continues Stakeholder Comms on Red Hill Commander, Navy Region Hawaii issued a fifth Red Hill Fuel Facility "stakeholder letter" to local community leaders, neighborhood board members and elected officials, Dec. 22...
27 December 2016 Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) during a ceremony, Dec. 23...
27 December 2016 Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Departs 6th Fleet Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (Ike CSG) departed the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations (AOO), Dec. 26...
24 December 2016 Wasp Amphibious Ready Group Completes Deployment More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines from the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed a six-month deployment when the ships arrived at Norfolk Naval Station and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Dec. 24...