11 January 2024 Iran Attacks and Seizes Merchant Shipping Vessel GULF OF OMAN - On Jan. 11, The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) unlawfully seized the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker St. Nikolas while the vessel was transiting the international waters of the Gulf of Oman...
11 January 2024 USNS Mercy Arrives in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA - On January 10, the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, in support of Pacific Partnership 24-1...
11 January 2024 Military Sealift Command Chartered Ships Arrive at Halfway Points in Journey to McMurdo Station Antarctica in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2024 MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica - Two Military Sealift Command chartered ships have arrived at the halfway points in their journeys to journey to McMurdo Station, Antarctica and their support of the annual resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica; Operation Deep Freeze 2024...
11 January 2024 Military Sealift Command Chartered Ships Arrive at Halfway Points in Journey to McMurdo Station Antarctica in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2024 MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica - Two Military Sealift Command chartered ships have arrived at the halfway points in their journeys to journey to McMurdo Station, Antarctica and their support of the annual resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica; Operation Deep Freeze 2024...
11 January 2024 Naval Reactors Conducts Change of Command WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC - The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a joint Department of Navy and Department of Energy organization responsible for all aspects of the Navy’s nuclear propulsion, held a change of command Jan. 10. Adm. Bill Houston relieved Adm. Frank Caldwell as Director,...
11 January 2024 USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall and 26th MEU(SOC) Arrive in Piraeus, Greece MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) arrived in Piraeus, Greece, Jan. 11, 2024, for a regularly...
10 January 2024 FRCE leading organic manufacturing efforts across Defense Department When supply chain constraints make it challenging to source parts for aircraft maintained at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), the depot’s organic manufacturing capabilities allow FRCE to continue to return mission-ready aircraft to the Fleet...
10 January 2024 26th MEU(SOC) Begins Exercise “Odyssey Encore”, a MEU(SOC) MAGTF Readiness Sustainment Exercise MEDITERRANEAN SEA - U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), embarked aboard the amphibious warships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG), will participate in a MEU(SOC) Exercise named “Odyssey Encore”, in vicinity of Volos,...
09 January 2024 SWOBOSS Highlights The Fight, The Force, The Future at 2024 Surface Navy Association National Symposium ARLINGTON, Va.— Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force, emphasized warfighting effectiveness during his keynote remarks at the 36th Annual Surface Navy Association (SNA) National Symposium in Arlington, Va., Jan. 9...
09 January 2024 US, UK Commemorate Strategic Partnership Milestone at 200th Joint Steering Task Group Meeting KINGS BAY, Ga. – The 200th meeting of the U.S.-U.K. Joint Steering Task Group was commemorated by the U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the U.K.’s Chief Strategic Systems Executive on 14 December at Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic, in Kings Bay, Georgia...