12 December 2016 F-35 Lightning IIs to Perform Thunderous Entrance above 117th Army-Navy Rivalry Four F-35C Lightning IIs with the "Grim Reapers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101 are slated to perform an inaugural diamond-formation flyover above M&T Bank Stadium during the opening ceremonies of the 117th Army-Navy Game, Dec. 10...
09 December 2016 Snowball Express Rides Again More than 1,800 family members who lost a loved one while on active military service will meet in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 11-15 as the 11th annual Gold Star Snowball Express rolls into town...
09 December 2016 USS Mahan Visits Ancient Port of Call In Greece Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) arrived in Piraeus, Greece, Dec. 9, for a scheduled port visit to enhance U.S.-Greece relations as the two nations work together for a stable, secure, and prosperous Europe...
09 December 2016 Navy Medicine East staff to coach Army-Navy Hockey game Cmdr. Gregg Gellman, Navy Medicine East (NME) deputy chief of staff for Base Operations and Medical Installations, had the honor of being one of the coaches for the Army-Navy Hockey game at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Dec. 5...
08 December 2016 Naval Academy Receives Third Meritorious Unit Commendation The U.S. Naval Academy received its third Meritorious Unit Commendation from the secretary of the Navy Dec. 8...
08 December 2016 "The Forgotten Ship" No More: Halsey Honors USS Utah It was dubbed the forgotten ship. It was a Florida-class battleship which was, ironically, an anti-aircraft gunnery training ship active in Pearl Harbor. Crippled by Japanese torpedoes, it rolled over with its crew members scrambling for their lives...
08 December 2016 NAVFAC Announces 2017 Engineers of the Year Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) announced the winners of its 2017 Military and Civilian Engineers of the Year Awards Dec. 5...
08 December 2016 Beyond the Battlefield: Using Research to Improve Wounded Warrior Care, Quality of Life Thanks to advances in military medicine and personal protective gear, service members injured in combat during Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn have the highest survival rate in modern history...
08 December 2016 USNA Hosts Mexican Military Academy's Sprint Football Team The sprint football team from Mexico's Military Academy, Heroico Colegio Militar (HCM), visited the U.S. Naval Academy Dec. 1-4 to play an exhibition American-style football game against Navy's team...
08 December 2016 Louisville Visits Changwon during Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Louisville (SSN 724) arrived at U.S. Fleet Activities Chinhae for a routine port visit as part of its deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, Dec. 8...