20 September 2021 DDG 121 Completes Acceptance Trials The future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) completed Acceptance trials, Sept. 16, after spending two days at sea...
20 September 2021 NRL Scientist in the Right Place, Right Time to Record Historical Earthquake WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researcher Ben Phrampus recorded the largest U.S. earthquake in nearly half a century when it hit recently off the coast of southern Alaska...
18 September 2021 U.S. AEGIS Ashore Missile Defense System Romania Changes Command NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY DEVESELU, Romania - The U.S. Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Romania (USAAMDSRO), located aboard Naval Support Facility (NSF) Deveselu, held a change of command ceremony in Deveselu, Romania, Sept. 17, 2021...
14 September 2021 MQ-25 conducts first air-to-air refueling with F-35C NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. - The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) program completed its first aerial refueling of an F-35C Lightning II aircraft by the Boeing-owned MQ-25 test asset, known as T1, as part of the Navy’s broader initiative to field unmanned systems that...
30 August 2021 USS Tripoli Conducts Final Contract Trials WASHINGTON – USS Tripoli (LHA 7), the U.S. Navy’s second America-class amphibious assault ship completed final contract trials (FCT), Aug. 26...
19 August 2021 USS Abraham Lincoln Holds Change of Command SAN DIEGO – Capt. Walt “Sarge” Slaughter, a native of Austin, Texas, successfully completed his tour as commanding officer of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) at a change of command ceremony on the flight deck, Thursday, where he was relieved by Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt...
18 August 2021 U.S. Forces Conduct Sinking Exercise PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – U.S. joint forces conducted coordinated multi-domain, multi-axis, long-range maritime strikes in the Hawaiian Islands Operating Area during a sinking exercise on the decommissioned guided missile frigate ex-USS Ingraham, Aug. 15...
09 August 2021 NAVSAFENVTRACEN Holds Change of Command NORFOLK, Va. - Cmdr. Charles Wilhite assumed the helm of the Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center (NAVSAFENVTRACEN) during a change of command ceremony here July 30, relieving Cmdr. Cary Isaacson. Guest speaker Rear Adm. F.R. Luchtman, Commander, Naval Safety Center (NAVSAFECEN), lauded...
04 August 2021 'You're the Key' to Red Light Safety Sponsored by the National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR), National Stop on Red Week 2021 is Aug. 1-7. While this week’s focus is National Stop on Red, the Naval Safety Center (NAVSAFECEN) would like to encourage drivers to be vigilant year-round. Created by the Federal Highway Administration,...
10 July 2021 Multi-National Divers Train Together for Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 ODESA, Ukraine - U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 along with divers from Ukraine, Georgia, Poland, Latvia, and Canada participated in an interoperability diving event and...