17 August 2023 IWTC Corry Station Alumni One of Navy’s Newest Aerial Vehicle Operators PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Warrant Officer 1 Thomas Forsythe, an Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station alumni, was among the first to be “winged” as an Aerial Vehicle Operator (AVO) for the MQ-25 Stingray and earn the warrant officer designator 7371, at the Naval Aviation...
17 August 2023 USS Mount Whitney, U.S. Sixth Fleet support LSE23 GAETA, Italy -- For the past two weeks, the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and embarked Sixth Fleet staff conducted operations in the Mediterranean Sea while participating in Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2023...
17 August 2023 Blue Ridge Returns to Yokosuka, Concludes Summer Patrol YOKOSUKA, Japan -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Aug. 17, after a patrol in the Indo-Pacific region...
15 August 2023 NAVSEA Improves Readiness of USS Bataan with New 3D Printing Capability WASHINGTON NAVY YARD –The crew of USS Bataan (LHD 5), supported by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), recently completed the first metal 3D part fabrication and replacement for a de-ballast air compressor (DBAC) in only five days using her permanently installed metal 3D printer...
15 August 2023 USS Sioux City (LCS 11) Decommissions NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. -- Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Sioux City (LCS 11) was decommissioned in Mayport, Fla., August 14...
15 August 2023 20 Indo-Pacific Maritime Forces Commence 22nd SEACAT Exercise SINGAPORE -- Maritime forces from 20 Indo-Pacific partner nations, including the U.S. Navy, and non-governmental and international organizations, began the 22nd iteration of Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) in the Republic of Singapore, Aug. 14, 2023. This year included India for the...
15 August 2023 Africa Malaria Task Force focuses on new emerging threats from Africa’s top killer ACCRA, Ghana - U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) Force Surgeon held an operational entomology event in support of the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF), July 17-21, in Accra, Ghana...
14 August 2023 USS Porter Rescues Four Divers off North Carolina Coast During Large Scale Exercise ‘23 ATLANTIC OCEAN - Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) rescued four scuba divers who were separated from the pleasure craft Big Bill’s and had not resurfaced on Aug. 13...
14 August 2023 U.S. Naval Base Guam to Participate in Exercise Citadel Pacific 2023 NAVAL BASE GUAM (Aug. 15, 2023) - U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) will participate in the annual Commander, Naval Installations Command (CNIC) force protection exercise Citadel Pacific 2023 (CP23) Aug. 21-25...
14 August 2023 Whidbey Island SAR Rescues Hiker in Okanogan County NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island rescued a 54-year-old man in Okanogan County on Sunday, August 13, 2023...