25 October 2017 SPS 17 Team Holds Closing Ceremony in Guatemala U.S. and Guatemalan military personnel marked the conclusion of partner nation engagements in Guatemala and the end of Southern Partnership Station 17 (SPS 17), in a closing ceremony held at Commando Naval del Caribe, a Guatemalan naval base, Oct. 20...
25 October 2017 US, Dutch and German Navies Conduct Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures Exercise Sailors from the U.S. Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy and German Navy completed a week-long Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures (ExMCM) training evolution as part of Exercise Bold Alligator 2017 (BA17), Oct. 23...
25 October 2017 The Cycle of Service: Sailors Help Renovate WWII Veteran's Home Makin Island's Chaplain department hosted a community relations (COMREL) event in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity to help renovate a fence on the property of Chavez, a retired Chief Quartermaster, in Poway, California, Oct. 4...
25 October 2017 Nimitz Plays Vital Role in Operation Inherent Resolve The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) has performed a vital role in Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) since July 25, having launched 1,322 sorties and dropping 903 pieces of ordnance in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations...
25 October 2017 USS Shoup Builds Multinational Partnerships During Intrepid Sentinel A multinational trio of ships conducted the trilateral exercise Intrepid Sentinel in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 20-21...
25 October 2017 USS McFaul Arrives in Lisbon The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 20, 2017, for a scheduled port visit to enhance U.S.-Portugal relations as the two nations work together for a stable, secure and prosperous Europe...
25 October 2017 NATO Delegation Visits Romania A group of 22 multinational NATO delegates led by Rear Adm. Roy Kitchener, U.S. deputy military representative, NATO Military Committee, visited Deveselu, Romania, Oct. 25...
25 October 2017 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Enters 7th Fleet The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) with embarked Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 and Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW 11), and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 9 arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (AOO), Oct. 25, after concluding operations in U.S. 5th Fleet...
25 October 2017 US Transportation Command's Trailblazing Transition to Cloud Computing Enhances its Cyber Processes and Protection U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is the first Department of Defense organization to initiate migration of its cyber domain to a commercial cloud provider to improve mission assurance, while strengthening information technology efficiency and effectiveness...
25 October 2017 Like father, like son Sometime between the working parties and standing watch, Sailors had a few hours of liberty to pack their sea bags and say goodbye to their families for an undetermined amount of time.But two pairs of fathers and sons got the chance to bring their family with them. "I'm a very lucky man to have...