19 October 2016 US, UK Commence Mine Countermeasures Exercise 17-1 in Arabian Gulf Commander, Task Force (CTF) 52 with the U.K. Mine Countermeasures Force (COMUKMCMFOR) commenced the U.K.-U.S. Mine Countermeasures Exercise 17-1 with a photographic exercise (PHOTOEX) formation in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 19...
19 October 2016 Region EURAFSWA Focuses on Cyber Security Navy Region Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA) continues to stay vigilant regarding cyber security throughout its expansive area of operations by educating personnel to be information-conscious and knowledgeable computer users...
19 October 2016 Navy JAG Corps Reserve Holds Change of Office Rear Adm. Carol M. Lynch relieved Rear Adm. Janet R. Donovan as the deputy judge advocate general of the Navy for Reserve Affairs and Operations and deputy commander, Naval Legal Service Command at a change of office and retirement ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, Oct. 7...
19 October 2016 PT, Better, Together Throughout their deployment and in the heat of U.S. 5th Fleet, Sailors aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) have been holding group physical training (PT) sessions in preparation for the imminent physical readiness test (PRT) season...
19 October 2016 Houston Navy Week Kicks Off In the Lone Star State Navy Week kicked off in the most populous city of the Lone Star State as citizens and community leaders welcomed the weeklong series of outreach engagements in Houston, Oct. 17...
19 October 2016 HM-15 Conducts Annual Training at NSWC PCD Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 conducted annual airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM) training at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) for almost two weeks during October...
19 October 2016 Gonzalez Nominated for Local Community Service Award Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command has nominated Petty Officer 1st Class Jacqueline A. Gonzalez for a local military community service award which will be presented Oct. 25 at the 38th annual Salute to the Military in Biloxi, Mississippi...
19 October 2016 Navy Responds to Distressed Mariner during Annual HARP Training Sailors from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, Explosive Ordnance Mobile Units (EODMU) 1 and 6 were in the Gulf of Mexico conducting annual Helicopter Advanced Readiness Program (HARP) the morning of Oct. 12, when Sailors were flagged down by a stranded and distressed mariner...
19 October 2016 SMWDC Evolves Surface Warfare Readiness -- One SWATT at a Time Lt. Damon Goodrich-Houska and Lt. Ben Olivas, assigned to Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), led the first fully-resourced joint Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90)...
19 October 2016 FRCSW Engineer Wins 2016 Lasswell Award for Fleet Support Brett Gardner, a senior avionics engineer assigned to Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW), is the recipient of the 2016 A. Bryan Lasswell Award for Fleet Support...