10 April 2020 Minimizing the Spread, Maximizing the Mission: Norfolk Naval Shipyard Continues Service to the Fleet During COVID-19 Pandemic Minimizing the spread, maximizing the mission: Norfolk Naval Shipyard continues service to the fleet during COVID-19 pandemic...
10 April 2020 Navy Selects NSWC Dahlgren Division Scientist as Technical Leader for SLBM Fire Control, Targeting A Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) principal systems scientist was selected as the Navy's Senior Scientific and Technical Manager (SSTM) for Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Fire Control and Targeting, the command announced April 8...
02 April 2020 Hospital Ships Arrive Safely With Help From Meteorologists, Oceanographers While USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort prepare to receive patients, Naval Oceanography's team of meteorologists and oceanographers ensured these ships were safe from hazardous weather as they traveled to their destinations...
01 April 2020 Naval Oceanography Visits Australia to Cement Partnerships Rear Adm. John Okon, commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, traveled to Australia earlier this month for an engagement and familiarization visit with the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation and Royal Australian Navy meteorology-oceanography activities...
29 March 2020 USS Detroit Arrives in Key West for Maintenance The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS-7) arrived at Naval Air Station Key West's Truman Harbor, March 29 to conduct emgerent repairs. The health and well-being of our Sailors remains our top priority. The ship's crew will be limited to the base to maintain mission readiness...
27 March 2020 Rendering Honors for My Father Chief Warrant Officer Michael F. Thomas, received the first U.S. flag to fly aboard Tripoli, which was donated to memorialize the passing of Thomas' father, Michael A. Thomas, and honor his prior military service during the same day that the Navy officially accepted Tripoli on Feb. 28, 2020...
25 March 2020 Two U.S. Destroyers Deploy as U.S. 6th Fleet Remains Vigilant Two forward deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers got underway for regularly scheduled patrols from Rota, Spain in support of regional maritime security...
24 March 2020 Iwo Jima Continues Marine Warfare Certification The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) continued its Amphibious Marine Warfare (AMW) Certification by conducting Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) operations with 2nd Amphibian Assault Battalion Company A, 2nd Platoon and Headquarters Platoon, March 18...
23 March 2020 Ready for the Fleet: Ford Completes Flight Deck, CATCC Certifications "Man all flight quarters stations!" These words were heard across every space on USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) last week as she prepared to launch "cat" and recover "trap" aircraft from Carrier Air Wing EIGHT (CVW 8), in order to complete Flight Deck...
19 March 2020 Ike, Truman Conduct Dual Carrier, Joint Air Wing Ops in Arabian Sea USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) began dual carrier strike group and joint air wing operations with a B-52 Bomber from U.S. Air Forces Central Command in the Arabian Sea March 18, 2020...