15 February 2017 Drug Detector K-9 Certification Begins Puskos, a Jagdterrier MWD Drug Detector, and handler Japec begin the certification process Jan. 26 to include obedience training and narcotic detector training at Naval Station Norfolk...
15 February 2017 Chaplains Called to Serve "The spiritual needs of our troops are met by our chaplains," said Peter Levine, former acting under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness told more than 100 ecclesiastical endorsers at the Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia, Jan. 12...
14 February 2017 Hue City Conducts PASSEX with Swedish Navy Guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66) and Swedish corvette HSwMS Harnsand (K33) conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX), Feb. 10...
14 February 2017 America's Navy to Celebrate Mardi Gras in Mobile The U.S. Navy set its sails toward Mobile, Alabama, to celebrate "Fat Tuesday" in the United States' oldest Carnival festival in conjunction with a port visit from guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) during Mobile Navy Week, Feb. 22-28...
14 February 2017 CSCS Announces Headquarters, Domain 2016 Civilian of the Year The Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) recently announced its Headquarters and Domain Civilian of the Year for 2016...
14 February 2017 TSC San Diego Recognized for Continued Training Excellence Training Support Center San Diego staff members were recognized with the 2016 Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) Training Support Excellence Award (TEA), Feb. 9...
14 February 2017 Former Representative Randy Forbes Joins US Naval War College Faculty Former U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes has been appointed Naval War College Foundation Senior Distinguished Fellow at U.S. Naval War College (NWC), joining the faculty of the school in Newport, Rhode Island, effective February...
14 February 2017 US 5th Fleet Announces 2016 Shore Sailor of the Year U.S. 5th Fleet announced the selection of Logistic Specialist 1st Class Karime Rivera, a native of Cali, Colombia, assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), as the 2016 Shore Sailor of the Year during a ceremony held onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain...
14 February 2017 Revolutionizing Mentorship Senior Chief Electrician's Mate Jerry Gonzales, mentorship program manager and maintenance and material management coordinator (3MC) aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), is changing mentorship while Gonzalez undergoes modernization and repairs in the shipyard...
14 February 2017 Reserve Force Plays Integral Role in Exercise Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield More than 120 members of Reserve units throughout the Navy Installations Enterprise participated in Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2017, an anti-terrorism/force protection exercise conducted across Navy installations within the continental U.S...