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...
13 October 2016 NECC's Fuel Reporting Tool Indicates 78 Percent Reduction in Fuel Usage Since 2008 As part of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC)/NECC Pacific's 15-year energy plan, expeditionary forces have continued to monitor their fuel usage since 2008 as part of overall Energy Conservation Measures and have seen a 78 percent reduction in overall usage...
13 October 2016 If These Walls Could Talk: A lesson not just on U.S. Navy history, but American history.I have always prided myself in my New England roots, spending countless trips during my childhood to sites of the American Revolution, from walking the 2 1/2 mile Freedom Trail in Boston to gazing from the wooden decks of USS Constitution...