21 May 2020 Former CNO Mullen Talks Leadership, National Security Challenges in Post-COVID-19 World Retired Navy Adm. Mike Mullen offered his views on requirements of leaders and national security issues in the post-COVID-19 world during the Naval Postgraduate School's (NPS) first virtual Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture (SGL), May 19...
21 May 2020 USS Ronald Reagan Marks Fifth Year of Service as Part of U.S. Forward Deployed Naval Forces The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is underway serving as America's strongest symbol of resolve, navigating the global pandemic as its mission endures, in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific...
20 May 2020 Navy Exchange Service Command Honors Memorial Day with Virtual "Remember This Moment" Series From May 21 - 25, NEXCOM will honor Memorial Day with a series of live stream concerts and a virtual 5K race to honor fallen service members. The series, coined "Remember This Moment," is dedicated to all service members who have served the nation and paid the ultimate sacrifice...
20 May 2020 Carrier Air Wing 7 Commander Completes 5,000 Hours in the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye The commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 logged his 5,000th flight hour in the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye May 19 at Naval Station Norfolk...
18 May 2020 USS Theodore Roosevelt Conducts Fast Cruise in Guam Sailors aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) are simulating being at sea while moored at Naval Base Guam. During the simulation, or "fast cruise," the crew will simulate normal underway conditions while testing the critical systems required to sustain the ship during its...
17 May 2020 Yard Patrol 686 Craft Completes Service Life Extension Program The Navy recently completed a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) on Yard Patrol (YP) 686 and returned the modernized craft to the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), May 14...
17 May 2020 USFF Commander Commissions 52 New Military Officers in Notre Dame Virtual Ceremony Notre Dame's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) class of 2020 may have dreamed of a commissioning ceremony with bells, a band, full-dress uniforms, and their loved ones in attendance, but they probably never imagined the creative way it would play out due to COVID-19 and social distancing...
14 May 2020 USS Donald Cook Applies Lessons for Second Trip to Arctic The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile Aegis destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) recently concluded operations in the Barents Sea as part of a second mission above the Arctic Circle, May 11, 2020...
13 May 2020 USS Maine Celebrates Birthday With Return to Service The gold crew of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN 741) officially returned the boat to strategic service, when they recently deployed on their first patrol in more than three years...
12 May 2020 U.S. Navy Maintains Persistent Presence Near West Capella A U.S. Navy ship conducted presence operations near Panamanian flagged drillship, West Capella, May 12...