10 August 2023 Successful USS Normandy MDVR Keeps Ship Mission-Ready RIJEKA, Croatia - Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) completed a successful mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR) aboard USS Normandy (CG 60) Aug. 3, 2023. MDVRs are planned in-port maintenance periods that allow deployed U.S. ships to complete corrective and preventative maintenance...
09 August 2023 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Assets Provide Firefighting Support to Maui and Hawaii Islands Camp Smith, HAWAII - Active-duty military components under U.S. Indo-Pacific Command are providing support to firefighting efforts on Maui and Hawaii islands...
09 August 2023 Global Exercise Tests 25,000 Sailors and Marines in a Live, Virtual, and Constructive Training Environment Norfolk, Va. - The Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2023 is underway. LSE 2023 is a massive exercise conducted by U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF), U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), and U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR/ NAVAF), integrated with respective Marine, numbered fleet forces and staffs,...
09 August 2023 Vietnam Marks First Stop for Pacific Partnership 2023 PHU YEN, Vietnam - Pacific Partnership has returned to Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen Province, Vietnam, August 9, to commence the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. ...
08 August 2023 End of an Era: The Navy’s Last Special Warfare-Dedicated Helicopter Squadron Holds Deactivation Ceremony NAVAL BASE CORONADO, Calif. - The Navy’s last special warfare-dedicated helicopter squadron, the Navy Reserve’s “Firehawks'' of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 85, held a deactivation ceremony in the squadron’s hangar, June 30...
08 August 2023 Keel Authenticated for Future USNS Lucy Stone SAN DIEGO – The keel for the future USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), the Navy’s 5th John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company’s (GD NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego, August 8...
08 August 2023 Great Navy Campout Celebrates June and July Events with Outdoor Fun and Connection with Nature WASHINGTON -- The Great Navy Campout is back with its 8th annual celebration of outdoor recreation and camping. Hosted by the Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) HQ Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Community Recreation and Liberty-Single Sailor programs, this year’s Great...
08 August 2023 USS Porter, USNS William McLean Perform Vertical Launch System Re-Arm Demonstration NORFOLK, Va —The crews of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) dry cargo ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12) performed a MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) re-arm, pier-side, at Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 3...
08 August 2023 Navy Week Charts Course to Lincoln August 21-27 MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- Lincoln will host the city's first ever Navy Week since the creation of the Navy Week program when the Navy visits the area for a week of events August 21-27, in conjunction with the Guardians of Freedom Airshow, featuring the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the...
08 August 2023 Loud and Clear: New Paint Scheme Helps Boost Workplace Safety at FRCE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. -- An ongoing initiative to improve understanding of personal protective equipment requirements at Fleet Readiness Center East is ensuring employees can quickly and easily identify what type of protective equipment is needed to enter industrial...