22 January 2024 USS Normandy Returns Home from 8-Month Deployment NORFOLK, Va. — The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) – part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) – returned to homeport in Norfolk after an 8-month deployment to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, Jan. 20, 2024...
22 January 2024 Commander, Naval Forces Korea Begins Contruction on New Headquarters Building BUSAN, South Korea - Commander, Naval Forces Korea (CNFK), commemorated the beginning of the construction of its new headquarters building with a groundbreaking ceremony on Republic of Korea (ROK) Busan Naval Base, Jan. 18, 2023...
18 January 2024 Dahlgren Civilian Employee Retires After 42 Years of Service A Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC) civilian employee recently retired after a remarkable career spanning over 42 years of government service...
18 January 2024 Illegal Drugs Seized by CMF French-led Combined Task Force 150 in Arabian Sea MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter operating under the French-led Combined Task Force 150 of the Combined Maritime Forces seized about $8.1 million worth of illegal drugs from a vessel in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 16...
17 January 2024 Canada Assumes Command of Combined Maritime Forces’ Combined Task Force 150 MANAMA, Bahrain - The Royal Canadian Navy assumed command of a multinational maritime task force during a change-of-command ceremony Jan. 17...
16 January 2024 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 Returns from Deployment NORFOLK, Va. – The “Fighting Blacklions” of Strike Fighter Squadron 213 (VFA-213) returned to their home base of Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach on January 15, 2024 following an eight-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG-12) to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of...
12 January 2024 Navy Completes Work on Naming Commission Recommendations WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the Department of the Navy completed the renaming of 33 ships, buildings, and streets ahead of the Department of Defense’s 2024 deadline to rename all military property that honored the Confederacy...
12 January 2024 Navy Completes Work on Naming Commission Recommendations WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the Department of the Navy completed the renaming of 33 ships, buildings, and streets ahead of the Department of Defense’s 2024 deadline to rename all military property that honored the Confederacy...
11 January 2024 VADM Davids Confirmed As Superintendent At Naval Academy Naval Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, was properly relieved by Vice Adm. Yvette Davids in a change of command ceremony at the Naval Academy on Thursday, January 11...
11 January 2024 Naval Reactors Conducts Change of Command WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC - The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a joint Department of Navy and Department of Energy organization responsible for all aspects of the Navy’s nuclear propulsion, held a change of command Jan. 10. Adm. Bill Houston relieved Adm. Frank Caldwell as Director,...