12 December 2023 U.S. 4th Fleet’s Maritime Synchronization Symposium: Focus on China and Scaling the Hybrid Fleet Naval Station Mayport, Fla. — U.S. Navy Attachés and U.S. Navy Section Chiefs serving in partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America gathered at Naval Station Mayport Dec. 5-8, 2023, for the annual U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet Maritime Synchronization...
11 December 2023 USS Laboon Transits the Strait of Gibraltar STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Laboon (DDG 58), transits the Strait of Gibraltar and enters the Mediterranean Sea to conduct operations in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, Dec. 11, 2023...
11 December 2023 USS Bulkeley Arrives in Piraeus, Greece PIRAEUS, Greece - USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), a part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), arrived in Piraeus, Greece, for a regularly scheduled port visit December 8, 2023...
11 December 2023 Japan, U.S. Navies Conduct Bilateral Maritime Exercise SINGAPORE - The U.S. Navy conducted a maritime exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the South China Sea demonstrating the combined capabilities to counter regional threats, Dec. 7...
08 December 2023 Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Marks Designation of the First U.S. Navy-led Level II Trauma Center PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the designation of the medical center as a Level II Trauma Center, Dec. 8...
08 December 2023 FRCE names 2023 supervisor of the year Fleet Readiness Center East recently recognized an administrative employee with the 2023 Supervisor of the Year award for their dedication to improvement, growth and customer service. Yolanda Wooten began her career at FRCE 23 years ago in the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Engineering Department...
08 December 2023 NRL Scientists Present Latest Research Findings at American Geophysical Fall Meeting WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientist, Sasa Gabersek, Ph.D., will present findings from the Air-Sea Interaction Affecting Fog Formation experiment over the Yellow Sea at this year’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, December...
08 December 2023 Navy’s Humanitarian Operations Highlighted in New NHHC Publication WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Recognizing a gap in the modern literature of the U.S. Navy regarding the importance of humanitarian and disaster relief (HADR) operations, one Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) historian fills the void with his latest publication "A Global Force for Good:...
08 December 2023 USS Mount Whitney Returns to Homeport GAETA, Italy - The U.S. 6th Fleet Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) returned to homeport in Gaeta, Italy, Dec. 8, following support of U.S. operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea since October...
07 December 2023 Combined US, coalition force increase combat effectiveness during Indo-Pacific Virtual Flag exercise For the first time in the fourteen-year history of the Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, integrated forces from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada fought against a peer adversary in a virtual Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. To increase combat effectiveness, the combined...