10 April 2017 USS Ross Holds Burial at Sea The Arleigh Burke-Class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) held a burial at sea for a former Navy service member April 4...
09 April 2017 Ross, Porter Commanding Officers Receive Phone Calls from President Trump April 9, 2017, the commanding officers of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Ross (DDG 71) and USS Porter (DDG 78) received phone calls from President Donald J. Trump...
09 April 2017 Carl Vinson Strike Group Departs Singapore for Western Pacific Adm. Harry Harris, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, has directed the Carl Vinson Strike Group to sail north and report on station in the Western Pacific Ocean after departing Singapore April 8...
08 April 2017 Future USS Gerald R. Ford Underway for Builder's Sea Trials The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is underway for its first set of sea trials, known as Builder's Sea Trials (BST). Builder's sea trials provide an opportunity to test systems, components and compartments at sea for the first time...
08 April 2017 Air Boss Listens to Concerns of T-45C Pilots, Extends Operational Pause Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF), is visiting T-45C training commands across the fleet April 6 to April 8 to address recent concerns...
07 April 2017 Military Children of the Year Recognized Operation Homefront hosted the 9th Annual Military Child of the Year awards April 5. Seven children with parents from all branches of the military were honored during the gala at the Ritz Carlton in Washington D. C...
07 April 2017 CECOS First PWD Intermediate Course Graduates The first class of Public Works Department (PWD) Intermediate students graduated March 31 at Naval Civil Engineer Corps Officers School (CECOS) onboard Naval Base Ventura...
07 April 2017 By Cover of Night: MARMC Aligns Fleet Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center's (MARMC) Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) and Combat Systems (CS) Alignment Branch successfully completed alignment checks on board USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) pier side at Naval Station Norfolk, April 1...
07 April 2017 America Takes Out Drone During Missile Exercise The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) completed a live-fire exercise by destroying a drone utilizing the ship self-defense Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) system April 6...
07 April 2017 US, UK and France Begin Exercise Alligator Dagger 17 U.S., U.K. and France began Exercise Alligator Dagger 17, April 5. The two-week multilateral amphibious exercise is taking place in international waters off the coast of Djibouti and in the vicinity of Djibouti and Arta Beach, April 5 - April 20...