14 June 2017 'Purple Heart' Sea Turtle Released Back into the Ocean with Navy Satellite Tag Used for Research On Memorial Day, a juvenile Kemp's Ridley sea turtle was incidentally hooked by a recreational fisherman at the Ocean View Fishing Pier in Norfolk, Virginia. As a result, the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center's Stranding Response Team was called in to rescue the sea turtle...
14 June 2017 CTF 150 Makes Record Number of Drug Busts in Four Months In a four-month span, Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 of the Bahrain-based Combined Maritime Forces has proven itself a formidable force against narcotics trafficking, with 10 drug seizures totaling over 3,300 kilograms of heroin, cocaine, cannabis resin and hashish since March...
14 June 2017 Fleet Design, National Security Focuses of Naval War College Forum U.S. Naval War College (NWC) Newport, Rhode Island hosted the 68th Current Strategy Forum (CSF) this week bringing together national security experts from the military, academics, government and private industry to explore wide-ranging issues of national and international importance...
14 June 2017 NSA Bahrain Holds Change of Command Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain held a change of command ceremony June 14...
14 June 2017 Shipmate Going Ashore: "The Cougars" Proudly Retire a Chief Petty Officer The "Cougars" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139 were proud to retire Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Jody C. Perkins of Tulsa, Oklahoma, after 20 years of faithful service in a ceremony held at the Bakerview Restaurant Chief Petty Officer's Club, May 26...
14 June 2017 Junior Officers Sought as White House Aides Navy junior officers interested in serving as a White House Social Aide can now apply through July 31...
14 June 2017 USS Michael Murphy Returns From Five-Month Deployment USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) returned to its homeport Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after a successful five-month deployment June 13...
14 June 2017 NAVSTA Rota Completes Integrated Live Fire Training As the temperature rose upwards of 80 degrees Fahrenheit on a typical Spanish summer morning, Naval Station Rota Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) personnel don their firefighting gear to begin live fire training drill with their Spanish counterparts...
14 June 2017 Men of Mine Warfare Say Collaboration is Key to Expanding the Advantage Mine Warfare executives Dr. Peter Adair, Stephen Hunt and David Everhart are working to establish a culture of collaboration within the U.S. Navy's mine warfare community...
13 June 2017 DoN SAPRO Hosts Department of the Navy Sexual Assault and Prevention Conference More than 300 leaders of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) community, including coordinators, civilian victim advocates, SAPR officers, and deployed resiliency counselors, gathered in Orlando June 12 for a four-day conference designed to develop new ways to prevent sexual assault...