02 August 2016 First Rota-Based Ship Completes Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise USS Ross (DDG-71), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer homeported in Rota, Spain, has met a significant milestone for the Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) by being the first ship to complete a Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise (BMDEX) in Rota...
02 August 2016 US Navy Submarine History Makes 'Deep' STEM Impact on Students The deep-diving research vessel that took two hydronauts to the deepest point of the world's oceans 56 years ago is still diving -- in many ways, deeper than ever...
02 August 2016 Mount Whitney Returns from Successful Underway The U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) arrived in Gaeta, Italy, July 30, after completing BALTOPS 2016 with NATO counterparts...
29 July 2016 Fleet Activities Yokosuka Welcomes New Leadership Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) welcomed its 37th commanding officer, Capt. Jeffrey Kim, during a change of command ceremony held at Fleet Activities Yokosuka's command auditorium, July 22...
29 July 2016 Amphibious Landing Operation Conducted at Sea Breeze 2016 Over 220 U.S. Marines and Ukrainian forces participated in an amphibious landing operation in Odessa, Ukraine, July 27...
29 July 2016 Lovell FHCC Holds Change of Command Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center held a change of command ceremony and retirement at a North Chicago hospital, July 22...
27 July 2016 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131 CO Reaches Milestone of 1,000 Traps Cmdr. Jeffrey Farmer, commanding officer of the "Wildcats" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131, joined an elite society of pilots who have made 1,000 arrested landings on an aircraft carrier 1,000 when he touched down aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike), July 23...
27 July 2016 Oceanographer of the Navy Signs Memorandum of Agreement with Republic of Korea Navy Oceanographer of the Navy and Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet signed an amendment extending a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Republic of Korea navy (ROKN), July 25, shortly following a meeting with ROKN CNO Adm. Jung, Ho-sub...
25 July 2016 Navy Conducts First LCS Harpoon Missile Test at RIMPAC Littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully executed the first live-fire over-the-horizon missile test using a Harpoon Block IC missile, July 19, during the Navy's Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise...
25 July 2016 Rapid Littoral Survey Support at RIMPAC 2016 At Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016, Fleet Survey Team (FST) conducted near-shore surveys of three areas off the Hawaiian island of Oahu, July 15, to assess water depths and obstructions that could endanger operations and humanitarian assistance in a post-natural disaster scenario...