08 November 2016 Navy Recruiting District Honors World War II Navy Pilot Cmdr. Jeffrey Reynolds, naval aviator and executive officer, Navy Recruiting District San Antonio, had the honor of meeting World War II naval aviator Lt. Glen Shean during a Alamo Honor Flight Breakfast held at Denny's, Nov. 7...
08 November 2016 Joint Typhoon Warning Center Improves Wind Distribution Forecasts for Tropical Cyclones The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) updated its tropical cyclone warning products Nov. 1 to reflect marked improvements to wind distribution predictions due to a tropical cyclone...
08 November 2016 VCNO Sees Latest in Aircraft Launch and Recovery at Lakehurst Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran saw the latest in Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) during a visit to the Naval Air Systems Command on Nov. 7...
08 November 2016 NAVSUP BSC Participates in Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC) hosted a wheelchair basketball tournament at Mechanicsburg Middle School for both its military and civilian employees Oct. 19...
08 November 2016 Weeklong Multinational Law Enforcement Exercise Comes to a Successful Conclusion Service members from the Belgian navy and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) completed a weeklong maritime law enforcement exercise with partners from the Cabo Verde coast guard (CVCG), maritime police (CVMP), and judicial police (CVJP) Oct. 31...
08 November 2016 NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville Provides Fuel Support for HAWKEX and VULCANEX Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville (FLCJ) Panama City provided support for Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadrons (HM) 14 and 15 Sept. 19-Oct. 15 at Naval Support Activity Panama City, Florida...
07 November 2016 Howard Powered With a platoon of 15 Marines and two Navy hospital corpsmen, Howard fought off an estimated battalion sized group of Viet Cong soldiers deep in the heart of enemy territory in North Vietnam. While perched on top of Hill 488, Howard conducted his men in a symphony of gunfire and grenades against the...
07 November 2016 HSC-7 Completes Training in Fifth Fleet Area of Operations A group of pilots, maintainers and aircrewmen assigned to the "Dusty Dogs" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 conducted specialized combat search and rescue (SAR) and special operations support training in the Fifth Fleet area of operations, Oct. 16-20...
07 November 2016 WaterFire Salute to Veterans - Much More Than Just Art Rear Adm. Jeffrey Harley, president of Naval War College, Newport, R.I., administered the ceremonial oath of enlistment to nine young men and women, who will be entering the sea services, during the 4th annual WaterFire Salute to Veterans ceremony, Nov. 5, at the State Administration Building...
07 November 2016 Former USS Cole Commander Relays Experience to EURAFWSA Watch Officers Retired Cmdr. Kirk S. Lippold, who commanded guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) during the terrorist attacks in 2000, spoke to Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA) region watch officers (RWOs) at Naval Support Activity, Naples, Nov. 3...