18 August 2021 USS Curtis Wilbur Departs Yokosuka, Japan After 25 years in U.S. 7th Fleet YOKOSUKA, Japan - USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) departed Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 18, following 25 years of service as a forward-deployed ship to U.S. 7th Fleet...
18 August 2021 Navy MWR Esports: Get Ready for the Next Series! WASHINGTON - Last year, Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) hosted 22 worldwide live esports tournaments capturing over 4 million viewers. More than 1,700 Sailors and MWR patrons from around the world participated and game titles included Rocket League, Madden NFL and Call of Duty...
17 August 2021 RTC Resumes Pass-In-Review Ceremony with Guest Attendance For the first time in 17 months, joyful cheers echoed through Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC). RTC resumed boot camp graduation Aug. 13, for a limited number of family members and friends. Guest attendance was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to...
17 August 2021 Meeting of the Minds: ONR Hosts First-Ever Roundtable with Present, Past CNRs ARLINGTON, Va. - The Office of Naval Research held a recent roundtable hosted by current Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin C. Selby and featuring eight former CNRs...
16 August 2021 $1.7-Billion Drydock Project Awarded to Improve Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Capacity WASHINGTON - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded a $1.7-billion construction project Aug. 13 to expand and reconfigure a dry dock complex at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery, Maine, to increase the shipyard's capacity to maintain, modernize, and repair the Navy's...
16 August 2021 SURFLANT Waterfront Self-Sufficiency Symposium Concludes NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - After a three-day slate of self-help lectures, discussions and events, the Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) Waterfront Self-Sufficiency Symposium concluded at Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 13...
16 August 2021 Navy Week Program Sets Course for Denver, CO MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The U.S. Navy is making plans to sail into Denver for a Navy Week, October 11-17, should the present health climate permit it...
15 August 2021 USS Whidbey Island Takes Part in Mass Casualty Drill for Large Scale Exercise 2021 NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Sailors assigned to the dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) hosted a mass casualty drill as part of Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021 while pierside at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Aug. 14-15...
14 August 2021 U.S. 2nd Fleet is 'Ready to Fight' as it leads 7th Expeditionary Maritime Operations Center during Large Scale Exercise 2021 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - It's a process, not a place. A Maritime Operation Center, or MOC, can come in many different forms, because what matters is the processes and planning taking place within them...
13 August 2021 USS Cole, USS Gravely Take on Black Widow, Large-Scale Exercise 2021 NORFOLK, Va. - The Sailors of USS Cole (DDG 67) and USS Gravely (DDG 107) have been very busy in the Atlantic lately, supporting two major exercises and honing their skills in multiple areas of maritime operations and tactics...