20 November 2023 USS Farragut Going Full Speed Ahead Making Multiple Drug Busts CARIBBEAN SEA - USS Farragut (DDG 99) has found success in stopping alleged illicit drug traffickers in the Caribbean, with four drug busts in October...
20 November 2023 Combined Maritime Forces, U.S. Coast Guard Make $21 Million Drug Seizure in the Gulf of Oman MANAMA, Bahrain - A U.S. Coast Guard cutter crew seized about $21 million worth of illegal drugs from a stateless vessel while operating in the international waters of the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 14...
19 November 2023 President Biden, First Lady Host ‘Friendsgiving’ for Gerald R. Ford, Dwight D. Eisenhower Families NORFOLK, Va. - President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, alongside renowned Chef Robert Irvine, hosted a Friendsgiving meal in the Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 hangar on Naval Station Norfolk for roughly 400 family members of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and USS...
19 November 2023 USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Returns to Yokosuka YOKOSUKA, Japan - The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), returned to its forward-deployed port in Yokosuka, Japan, following a six-month deployment in the Indo-Pacific region, Nov. 19. ...
18 November 2023 Military Leaders Convene in Naples for AFRICOM Strategic Alignment Conference NAPLES, Italy - U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Component Commanders and Senior Enlisted Leaders convened in Naples, Italy for a pivotal conference, hosted by U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), November 14-15, 2023...
18 November 2023 USNS Mercy’s visit to Solomon Islands marks 2nd stop of Pacific Partnership 24-1 HONIARA, Solomon Islands - Pacific Partnership has returned to the Solomon Islands to continue the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific region, Nov. 18. ...
16 November 2023 PWD Bahrain Participates in NSA Bahrain, NAVSEA Oil Spill Exercise BAHRAIN -- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Europe Africa Central (EURAFCENT), Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain and PWD Bahrain Environmental Division conducted a four-day comprehensive salvage and pollution response drill onboard NSA Bahrain, Nov. 5-8...
16 November 2023 Future USS Thad Cochran Marks Start of Fabrication PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The Navy and HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division marked the start of fabrication for the future USS Thad Cochran (DDG 135) with a ceremony at HII’s shipyard, Nov. 13...
16 November 2023 Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group teams up with ESPS Méndez Núñez for Mediterranean operations MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Spanish Navy frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F104) joined the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) to participate in routine operations and conduct training events in the Mediterranean Sea, Nov. 8...
16 November 2023 Keel Authenticated for Future Billy Frank Jr. MOBILE, Ala. – The keel for the future USNS Billy Frank Jr. (T-ATS 11), the Navy’s 6th Navajo-class platform, was laid at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Nov. 14...