24 June 2016 RIMPAC Exercise to Bring 26 Nations Together in Pacific Twenty-six nations, 45 ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian islands and Southern California...
06 June 2016 'Through Endurance We Conquer' Salt spray smashed into us on the foc'sle of the sailing cutter and soaked us to the skin despite our foul weather gear. I was so cold that my shaking fingers could barely close around the small metal ring but finally I got the snap shackle through and shouted completion to my crewmates. They heaved...
31 May 2016 Tolling the Boats Ceremony Held at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Sailors, veterans and civilians attended the "Tolling the Boats" ceremony hosted by Commander, Submarine Group Nine at Deterrent Park on Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, May 26...
19 April 2016 Cybersecurity Competition Boosts Student Interest in STEM Careers The fourth annual Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition (PCDC), hosted by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic in collaboration with the South Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of AFCEA, was held April 9-11 at Trident Technical College in North Charleston, South Carolina...
25 March 2016 USFF Announces 2015 Fleet Sea, Shore Sailors of Year Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command Adm. Phil Davidson announced the 2015 USFFC Fleet Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year during a ceremony hosted by the Hampton Roads Navy League at the Sheraton Waterside in Norfolk, March 24...
24 March 2016 Trident Refit Facility Wins Navy Safety Award Rear Adm. Christopher Murray, Commanding Officer, Naval Safety Center, announced today that TRIDENT Refit Facility, Kings Bay, was the Navy winner of the Fiscal Year 2015 Chief of Naval Operations Shore Safety Award in the medium industrial-level category...
23 March 2016 Omaha Trophy Presented to USS Wyoming The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) was presented with the 2015 Omaha Trophy at Naval Submarine Base (NSB) Kings Bay, March 23...
23 March 2016 Congressional, Navy Leaders Break Ground for Vital 'Next Era' SLBM Facility Congressional and military leaders broke ground for a new facility considered vital to the Navy's Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Program, March 18...
16 March 2016 FCET Success: SSBN Launches Fleet Ballistic Missiles Today, an Ohio class ballistic missile submarine assigned to Submarine Group 10, completed a Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test (FCET) with the launch of three Trident II D5 missiles...
17 December 2015 Mount Whitney Returns to Gaeta The U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) returned to Gaeta, Italy, after completing a month long underway period in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 13...