19 October 2016 NWU Type III Transition Begins 1. Sailors can wear either the NWU Type I or III right now, but effective Oct. 1, 2019, all Sailors will be expected to wear the NWU Type III as their primary working uniform when ashore or in port. 2. Until further policy guidance is issued, black boots will be the standard boot worn in the United...
19 October 2016 Unmanned, Autonomous Technologies Tested During First Unmanned Warrior Exercise Luckily, the skies above the island of Benbecula, a remote Scottish outpost in the Outer Hebrides, have been clear and calm so far this October...
19 October 2016 NETPDC Hosts Combined Federal Campaign Golf Tournament The Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center (NETPDC) sponsored a "Florida Scramble" golf tournament benefitting the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), Oct. 14, at the A.C. Read Golf Course at Naval Air Station Pensacola...
19 October 2016 NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville Provides Logistics Support for Hurricane Matthew Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Jacksonville played a key role in preparing Marines to execute humanitarian missions in response to Hurricane Matthew, Oct. 9...
19 October 2016 Petty Officer Picks Up Two NECs Naval Station Norfolk (NNS) Petty Officer 3rd Class Trenton Jorgenson, assigned to Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) completed his Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) certification and was recognized at a graduation ceremony held in Building CEP-200, Sept. 29...
19 October 2016 Go for Green® Fully Implemented Across Navy Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) has fully implemented the Go For Green® (G4G) program worldwide as of Oct. 20...
19 October 2016 Essex Receives High-Flying Upgrade Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) is currently undergoing upgrades that will allow it to field the latest weapon in avionic warfare, the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)...
19 October 2016 Future USS Rafael Peralta Completes Alpha Trials Future guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) successfully completed Alpha trials Oct. 18 after spending two days underway off the coast of Maine...
19 October 2016 US, UK Commence Mine Countermeasures Exercise 17-1 in Arabian Gulf Commander, Task Force (CTF) 52 with the U.K. Mine Countermeasures Force (COMUKMCMFOR) commenced the U.K.-U.S. Mine Countermeasures Exercise 17-1 with a photographic exercise (PHOTOEX) formation in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 19...
19 October 2016 Navy JAG Corps Reserve Holds Change of Office Rear Adm. Carol M. Lynch relieved Rear Adm. Janet R. Donovan as the deputy judge advocate general of the Navy for Reserve Affairs and Operations and deputy commander, Naval Legal Service Command at a change of office and retirement ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, Oct. 7...