02 March 2018 Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society At the time, the U.S. couldn't afford to provide benefits packages for the military. There were no medical benefits for service families, retirement pay or survivors' benefits for families of deceased personnel. Instead, Sailors and Marines would pass the hat to collect donations to help shipmates'...
28 February 2018 Surface Warfare; Obtaining a Fix on Fleet NSS Skill Sets Commander, Naval Surface Force (CNSF) and Surface Warfare Officer Schools (SWOS) Command continue to conduct officer of the deck (OOD) competency checks across fleet concentration areas...
23 February 2018 NAVOCEANO Inspires Next Generation to Pursue STEM Careers at Navy Week San Antonio Military and civilian personnel from the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) visited over 600 students across San Antonio at Navy Week, February 19-23, to discuss their careers in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, fields...
21 February 2018 Navy Medicine Draws from the Past to Outline the Future of Battlefield Medical Care The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps held the 21st Century Battlefield Medical Care Symposium, Feb. 14-15, at Marine Corps Base Quantico...
20 February 2018 Giving 'Em Hell Without Passing the Buck President's Day is a day that we pay tribute to the former leaders of the United States. For those presidents whose leadership greatly impacted our country, eight aircraft carriers bear their namesake. Harry S. Truman is one of those select few...
16 February 2018 SSC Pacific Partners with Industry to 'Increase the Speed at Which We Act' at WEST 2018 The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command's (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) is focused on modernizing the fleet at a competitive speed in today's information technology-driven environment...
16 February 2018 Navy's Premier Numerical Modeling Center Launches Program to Fortify Link Between Warfighting Support Team and Ships Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC), the Navy's premier numerical modeling center, launched a program intended to strengthen the relationship between its warfighting support team and the ships they support and to capture valuable fleet input on services they provide...
13 February 2018 Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships WASHINGTON (NNS) -- On Feb. 13, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced the next Freedom and Independence variant Littoral Combat Ships will be named USS Nantucket (LCS 27) and USS Savannah (LCS 28)...
13 February 2018 Naval Oceanography Partners with University of Alabama for Precise Timing Educational Program The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command and the University of Alabama signed an educational partnership agreement to create and maintain a Joint Precise Timing Applied Science Program (JPTASP) at the university's campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama...
08 February 2018 PNS Aslat Seizes 5 Tons of Drugs to Total $1 Billion in CTF-150 Seized Drugs in Recent Months Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Aslat (254), as part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, seized five tons of hashish Feb. 6, while patrolling the Arabian Sea...