14 October 2016 Johnson Selected as NAVFAC Far East Sailor of the Year Commanding Officer Capt. Kevin Bartoe announced the selection of Petty Officer 1st Class Maurice Johnson as Naval Facilities Engineering Command Far East Fiscal Year 2016 Sailor of the Year Oct. 12...
14 October 2016 Sailors Train on Innovative Carderock-Developed Flight Deck Cleaning System aboard USS America Six Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) trained in the operation and support of a new flight deck cleaning system with the help of engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Sept. 12-16...
14 October 2016 USS San Francisco Conducts Final Visit of Deployment to Namesake City The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS San Francisco (SSN 711) conducted a 3rd Fleet non-Navy port operational visit to their namesake city, Oct. 10-12...
14 October 2016 NECC Sailors Visit Area Elementary Schools, Celebrate Navy's 241st Birthday Sailors assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) visited a variety of schools in the Hampton Roads region to help celebrate the U.S. Navy's 241st birthday, Oct. 13...
14 October 2016 USS Frank Cable Officer Wins Individual Safety Award The National Safety Council (NSC) named its "Top 40 Under 40" Rising Stars of Safety, and one of the top honorees is a naval officer stationed aboard USS Frank Cable (AS 40), homeported in Apra Harbor, Guam...
14 October 2016 NEIC Celebrates Navy's 241st Birthday Sailors from Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command (NEIC) took pause from the daily battle rhythm, Oct. 13, to take time to recognize the Navy's 241st birthday...
14 October 2016 CNAL Celebrates Navy Birthday, Reflects on History Sailors and civilians assigned to Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL) gathered at the command headquarters in Norfolk, Oct. 13, to celebrate the Navy's 241st Birthday...
14 October 2016 CIWT Celebrates Navy Birthday Sailors assigned to Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) and Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station reflected on the history of their service during an observance of the Navy's 241st birthday, held in the Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station chapel, Oct. 13...
13 October 2016 Navy Medicine Celebrates Navy's 241st Birthday U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) hosted a cake-cutting ceremony honoring the Navy's 241st birthday at Defense Health Headquarters, Oct. 13...
13 October 2016 Barnacle Busting: ONR-Sponsored Research Targets Ship Biofouling Individually, tiny barnacles pose little threat to hulking U.S. Navy ships. But when clustered in thick clumps on a vessel's hull -- a natural occurrence called biofouling -- these sticky crustaceans can slow the ship and increase its fuel consumption by 40 percent...