08 August 2023 Great Navy Campout Celebrates June and July Events with Outdoor Fun and Connection with Nature WASHINGTON -- The Great Navy Campout is back with its 8th annual celebration of outdoor recreation and camping. Hosted by the Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) HQ Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Community Recreation and Liberty-Single Sailor programs, this year’s Great...
08 August 2023 USS Porter, USNS William McLean Perform Vertical Launch System Re-Arm Demonstration NORFOLK, Va —The crews of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) dry cargo ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12) performed a MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) re-arm, pier-side, at Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 3...
08 August 2023 Navy Week Charts Course to Lincoln August 21-27 MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- Lincoln will host the city's first ever Navy Week since the creation of the Navy Week program when the Navy visits the area for a week of events August 21-27, in conjunction with the Guardians of Freedom Airshow, featuring the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the...
08 August 2023 USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) Arrives Home JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120), and its crew arrived at the ship’s new home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Aug. 7...
08 August 2023 USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) Arrives In Narvik, Norway NARVIK, Norway -- USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19), assigned to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), arrived in Narvik, Norway for a scheduled port visit to enhance the U.S.-Norway relationship and demonstrate our...
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...