26 October 2017 SURFLANT Holds Active Shooter Drill Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) military and civilian personnel are participating in a training exercise, Oct. 23-27, to ensure that if an active shooter scenario were to occur, personnel would be ready to actively counter that threat here at SURFLANT headquarters building...
26 October 2017 Nimitz Holds Cancer Awareness 5k on Flight Deck U.S. Navy Sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) participated in a cancer awareness five kilometer (5K) run on the ship's flight deck, Oct. 26...
26 October 2017 NRL Researcher Makes an Impact in the Lone Star State With a goal of raising awareness about the U.S Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) mission, an NRL researcher traveled to the Lone Star State during Fort Worth Navy Week, Oct. 23-25...
26 October 2017 Changes Are Coming to TRICARE: Are You Ready to Take Command of Your Health? Changes are coming to your TRICARE benefits beginning Jan. 1, 2018. These changes will give you more benefit choices, improves your access to care, simplifies cost shares, and allows you to take command of your health...
26 October 2017 Flu Vaccine Now Available for All Including Pregnant Women Flu vaccine is now available for all patients (including pregnant women) at Naval Hospital Jacksonville and Branch Health Clinic Jacksonville...
26 October 2017 Tripoli Sailors Help Local Community Members of Pre-Commissioning Unit Tripoli came together to support a local cause Oct. 19 in Theodore, Alabama, assembling boxes of food for Thanksgiving for Feeding the Gulf Coast...
26 October 2017 Underwater Defense: New Ways to Protect Divers in the Deep Special operations divers like Navy SEALs take on life-threatening risks such as enemy combatants and harsh environments. But another hazard is silent and unseen-oxygen toxicity, the result of breathing lethal levels of oxygen that occur at depth and pressure...
26 October 2017 USNS Brittin Departs Virginia to Support Hurricane Relief Efforts in Puerto Rico Military Sealift Command's dry cargo surge sealift carrier USNS Brittin (T-AKR 305) departed from Newport News to provide logistical support for ongoing hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico, Oct. 25...
26 October 2017 Exercise! Exercise! Exercise! Active Shooter Naval Station Great Lakes, RCC Conduct Shooter Drill, Improve Overall Readiness The threat of an active shooter situation is one that has been a serious focus around the Department of Defense. Naval Station (NAVSTA) Great Lakes partnered with Reserve Component Command (RCC) Great Lakes to ensure personnel are trained and ready to act if the situation were ever to happen...
26 October 2017 CSCS Awarded Full Accreditation During an awards ceremony on October 20, Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) Commanding Officer Capt. Frank Castellano, announced that the Council on Occupational Education (COE) has awarded full accreditation to the domain for another six years...