21 July 2016 Under Secretary of the Navy Visits Newest Amphib during RIMPAC Under Secretary of the Navy Dr. Janine Davidson visited amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while the ship was underway participating in the 2016 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 18...
21 July 2016 Second RIMPAC Sinking Exercise Concludes Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2016 sank the decommissioned USS Crommelin (FFG 37) July 19 in waters 15,000 feet deep and 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii...
20 July 2016 NCMB 11 Seabees Aid Civilian during GoRuck Fitness Challenge Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 Detachment Echo participated in a GoRuck fitness challenge course July 16, where they acted quickly and decisively to aid in a medical emergency...
20 July 2016 Navy Lays Keel on Future Littoral Combat Ship Indianapolis (LCS 17) The Navy held a keel-laying ceremony for the ninth Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), future USS Indianapolis (LCS 17), July 18...
20 July 2016 Ocean Explorer: ONR Welcomes New Research Ship to Navy's Ranks In honor of the first American female astronaut, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently welcomed the U.S. Navy's newest research vessel -- R/V Sally Ride -- for ocean science...
20 July 2016 GHWB Begins Fast Cruise Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) began its fast cruise July 18 in preparation to leave Norfolk Naval Shipyard...
20 July 2016 NAVFAC Far East to Renovate Camp Kinser's BEQ 1210 Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Far East awarded a $10.5 million contract to renovate a bachelor's enlisted quarters (BEQ) at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, July 13...
20 July 2016 Father and Son Reunite at Information Warfare Training Command It's not every day a Navy family gets the chance to cross paths in the fleet. For one father and son duo, this opportunity presented itself as the two information warfare (IW) community Sailors were brought together at Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station...
20 July 2016 Life in the Catapult With a rumbling and clanking, a giant roar echoed through the ship, sending vibrations down through the hull. Like a sigh, the remaining steam crept up through the catapult troughs, wafting and dissipating in the humid air above...
19 July 2016 NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville Det SUPSHIP Gulf Coast Provides Support to PCU Montgomery The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of future USS Montgomery (LCS 8), the fourth Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS) built at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama under the oversight of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding (SUPSHIP) Gulf Coast, June 23...