07 August 2023 U.S. Navy SEALs, Australian Special Forces conclude Talisman Sabre 2023 QUEENSLAND, Australia -- U.S. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) forces deployed in support of U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific participated in Exercise Talisman Sabre from July 17 to August 3, 2023. NSW forces worked alongside Australian special operations forces (SOF) from the Army’s 2nd...
07 August 2023 Office of Naval Research, NIWC Pacific host 26th international RoboSub Competition SAN DIEGO (Aug. 7, 2023) — The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific hosted RoboNation’s 26th international RoboSub Competition at NIWC Pacific’s Transducer Evaluation Center (TRANSDEC) July 31–Aug. 6...
07 August 2023 NRL and NASA to Launch ComPair Instrument to Measure Gamma-Ray Emissions WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will launch ComPair aboard a high-altitude balloon from Fort. Sumner, New Mexico Aug. 10...
07 August 2023 SECNAV Names Future Navajo-Class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship Solomon Atkinson WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today that a future Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue (T-ATS) ship will be named in honor of Solomon Atkinson, a pioneering Navy SEAL and an Alaskan Native of the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Islands Reserve...
07 August 2023 USS Roosevelt Arrives In Riga, Latvia RIGA, Latvia -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) arrived in Riga, Latvia, for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 6, 2023. Roosevelt, forward-deployed to Naval Station Rota, Spain, is on her fifth Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol...
07 August 2023 3,000 Sailors and Marines Arrive in Middle East aboard USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall MANAMA, Bahrain -- More than 3,000 U.S. Sailors and Marines of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in the Middle East, Aug. 6, as part of a pre-announced Department of Defense deployment...
04 August 2023 U.S. 2nd Fleet Hosts Theatre Undersea Warfare Symposium NORFOLK, Va. -- Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet held a Theater Undersea Warfare (TUSW) Symposium and Fleet Synthetic Training (FST) to collaborate between naval assets to face future undersea challenges at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Norfolk, August 1-3. ...
04 August 2023 Navy Awards DDG 51 FY23-27 Multiyear Procurement Contracts WASHINGTON – The Navy awarded contracts to Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding Division (HII Ingalls) and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (GD BIW) for the fiscal years (FY) 2023 - 2027 multiyear procurement (MYP) of DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers, August 1...
04 August 2023 USS Florida Conducts a Brief Logistics Stop In Naples, Italy NAPLES, Italy -- The Ohio-class guided missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) arrived in the Bay of Naples for a regularly scheduled visit August 4, 2023...
04 August 2023 U.S. Nuclear-Powered Submarine Visits Western Australia, First Since AUKUS Announcement ROCKINGHAM, Western Australia (Aug. 4, 2023) - USS North Carolina (SSN 777) docked at HMAS Stirling, a naval base in Western Australia, today following participation in Talisman Sabre 2023...