14 August 2023 FRCE hosts congressional visit from N.C. Rep. Murphy MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. -- Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) hosted U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy Aug. 14 for a briefing and tour focused on the depot’s expanding workload and future capabilities, including enhanced support of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter...
12 August 2023 NAVFAC Southeast hosts STEM Open House for local students JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE) opened its doors, August 3, to welcome 20 high school students from across three local counties, including several home school students, for a day of exploration, learning, and hands-on experience in the...
11 August 2023 USNS Burlington Arrives in Almirante, Panama ALMIRANTE, Panama - The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) arrived in Almirante, Panama, Aug. 11, marking the first of many stops throughout the course of the Continuing Promise 2023 mission...
11 August 2023 Dickinson Assumes Command of NAVSEA Warfare Centers WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Capt. Thomas J. Dickinson assumed command of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Centers during a ceremony on Aug. 11, 2023, at the Washington Navy Yard, relieving Rear Adm. Kevin P. Byrne, who retired after a 30-year naval career...
11 August 2023 NAS Whidbey Island SAR Rescues Climber on Mt. Stuart NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. -- A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island hoisted a climber off a cliff on Mt. Stuart the night of August 10, 2023...
11 August 2023 Construction Begins on Future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. SAN DIEGO – Construction started on the sixth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD NASSCO), Aug. 8...
11 August 2023 USS Mobile Bay Decommissions, Honors 36 Years of Service SAN DIEGO -- USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) honored more than three decades of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, Aug. 10...
11 August 2023 Whidbey Island SAR Conducts Second Mission at Mount St. Helens NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island assisted in the rescue of an ill hiker in vicinity of Mount St. Helens on Aug. 7, 2023...
11 August 2023 NAVSUP Business Systems Center Cyber Scholars Bolster Navy Readiness MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – Twenty students selected for employment at Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC) through the Department of Defense (DOD) Cyber Scholarship Program (CySP), completed a 10-week summer session at NAVSUP BSC, August 4...
11 August 2023 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Hosts Graduation for First Class of Multi-trades Apprentices In More Than Two Decades JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Fleet Readiness Center Southeast hosts graduation for first class of multi-trades apprentices in more than two decades...