28 August 2023 Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Receives Level II Trauma Center Designation PORTSMOUTH, Va - PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 24, 2023) -- Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) has been awarded provisional designation as a Level II Trauma Center by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Health...
28 August 2023 Florida U.S. Navy bases prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Idalia The Navy has ordered all ships and aircraft to make preparations for the arrival of Tropical Storm Idalia. ...
28 August 2023 BUMED Chief of Staff Says Goodbye to Navy Medicine After 39 Years of Service FALLS CHURCH, Va - On August 25, 2023, Capt. Douglas Stephens, MSC, USN, was piped ashore in a ceremony held at the Naval Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was a fitting venue for the 39-year veteran and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Chief of Staff, whose love of the U.S. Navy few could...
28 August 2023 Reserve Sailors Develop, Maintain Critical Skills in Mako Storm 23 NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia — More than 60 Reserve Sailors from U.S. 5th Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet and U.S. Fleet Forces Command completed a four-day exercise July 16 to enhance their planning and operational capabilities...
27 August 2023 Saudi Arabia Assumes Command of Coalition Task Force Sentinel MANAMA, Bahrain - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia assumed command of a multinational task force that monitors merchant shipping through key strategic chokepoints during an indoor ceremony here Aug. 27...
27 August 2023 Royal Saudi Navy Assumes Command of Combined Task Force 152 MANAMA, Bahrain - The Royal Saudi Navy assumed command of a multinational naval task force focused on maritime security in the Arabian Gulf during a ceremony here, Aug. 27...
26 August 2023 USS Normandy (CG 60) Arrives in Marmaris, Türkiye MARMARIS, Türkiye - The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), a part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, ported at Aksaz Naval Base in Marmaris, Türkiye for a regularly scheduled port visit, August 26, 2023...
26 August 2023 USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) Arrives in Dublin DUBLIN, Ireland - Sailors and Marines from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) arrived in Dublin for a regularly scheduled port visit, Aug. 25, 2023...
25 August 2023 Research Squadron VXS-1 Celebrates 60th Anniversary at Tailhook Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady served as the guest speaker at an event finalizing the agreement to transfer U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) NAval Ultra-Trace Isotope Laboratory Universal Spectrometer (NAUTILUS) instrument to the University...
25 August 2023 USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Arrives in Antalya, Türkiye ANTALYA, Türkiye – The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), and embarked staff from Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, arrived in Antalya, Türkiye for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 25, 2023...