01 November 2016 Losing its Cool: Will Ice Melt Heat Up Naval Operations in Arctic Ocean? As diminishing sea ice in the Arctic Ocean expands navigable waters, scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research have traveled to the region to study the changing environment and provide new tools to help the U.S. Navy operate in a once-inaccessible area...
01 November 2016 USS Wasp Completes Successful Port Visit to Souda Bay Amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) departed Souda Bay, Greece, Nov. 1...
01 November 2016 SMWDC Graduates Second Gator WTI Class A new group of tactical "gators" splashed back into the fleet after graduating from the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center's (SMWDC)...
01 November 2016 USS Essex Ropes In Warfighting Excellence Sailors aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) participated in a Warfare Rodeo in the mess decks on board the ship, October 28...
01 November 2016 World War II Veteran Revisits PMRF After 72 Years World War II Navy veteran, Charles T. Edwards visited Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Oct. 25, and met with Sailors and civilians at a special meet and greet held in honor of his visit...
01 November 2016 Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 Disembarks Bonhomme Richard "The Flying Tigers" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, disembarked amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), Oct. 27-28 following a three-month deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility...
01 November 2016 Live Tobacco-Free: The Time Is Now According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tobacco is the top preventable cause of disease and premature death in the U.S. It kills more than 480,000 people annually in the U.S., and 6 million worldwide...
01 November 2016 Second Blended Retirement System Course Released Department of Defense has released the Personal Financial Counselor-Educator Course (PFC-E) course on the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) for financial counselors, educators, and other financial professionals (FC/Es) on Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) and Military OneSource...
01 November 2016 Makin Island ARG, 11th MEU Enter 7th Fleet The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, Oct. 29, after concluding operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet...
01 November 2016 Bonhomme Richard Departs Okinawa Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) departed White Beach, Okinawa, after disembarking equipment, vehicles, and personnel of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Oct. 28-30...