17 July 2023 A First Look at Naval Oceanography’s New ‘North Star’ Data Strategy STENNIS SPACE CENTER - Officials in the Naval Oceanography enterprise (NOe) spent the last nearly two years crafting and refining an original data strategy that sets their unique organization’s overarching guiding principles, essential capabilities, goals and objectives to...
17 July 2023 Naval Oceanography Attends Int’l Operational Satellite Oceanography Symposium Staff from the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) attended the third International Operational Satellite Oceanography Symposium (OSOS-3), June 12-15...
16 July 2023 U.S., Japan, Republic of Korea Conduct Trilateral Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Finn (DDG 113) conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise on July, 16, alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Atago class destroyer JS Maya (DDG 179), and Republic of Korea Navy Se Jong Daewang class destroyer ROKS Yul...
16 July 2023 U.S. Navy Officers Save A Life Ensign Matthew Hedish and Ensign Michael Johnson, both assigned to Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS) Naples and currently embarked aboard USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), assisted with life-saving efforts of a man in distress while visiting the Pablo Picasso Museum in Malaga, Spain,...
16 July 2023 New Multinational Task Force Conducts Maritime Training in the Seychelles Combined Maritime Forces, the world’s largest multinational naval partnership, completed a two-week training mission in the Indian Ocean island nation of the Seychelles, July 14, to enhance operational readiness for 160 participants from five nations...
14 July 2023 Like Father Like Son at US Navy Recruit Training Command GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Seaman Raul Vega Rodriguez, a 40-year-old father of three, graduated from basic training while his youngest son, 18-year-old Seaman Recruit Kendrick Raul Vega Sanabria, also a recruit in Navy boot camp, watched from the bleachers July 14, at Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at...
14 July 2023 UNITAS LXIV Kicks off in Colombia CARTAGENA, Colombia – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro attended the opening ceremony for UNITAS LXIV, a multi-national maritime exercise that brings together 20 nations from all over the world to train forces in joint maritime operations that enhance tactical proficiency and increase...
13 July 2023 Navy Starts First Class for Maritime Cyber Warfare Officers PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The first three officers in the Navy’s newest officer designation 1880, Maritime Cyber Warfare Officer (MCWO), started training in Computer Network Operator Qualification Course (CNOQC), which is being taught for the first time at Information Warfare Training Command Corry...
13 July 2023 Empowering Student Ideas: NPS Introduces the Naval Innovation Exchange MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Naval Innovation Center (NIC) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, Calif., is part of the Secretary of the Navy’s initiative to leverage the power of American innovation for national security. Integral to the function of the NIC is the Naval...
13 July 2023 First In-Space Laser Power Beaming Experiment Surpasses 100 Days of Successful On-Orbit Operations WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL) surpassed 100 days of successful on-orbit laser operations on June 29, 2023, coinciding with the NRL’s 100th birthday celebration. Launched on March 14, 2023, this experiment represents...