MONTEREY, Calif. - On November 25, 2018, a Russian commercial cargo ship suddenly parked itself across the narrow Kerch Strait on the Crimea, blocking three Ukrainian Navy vessels sailing in international waters from reaching the port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov. When they tried to turn back, the...

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - Operating approximately 300 ships with 350,000 personnel as it provides a strategic deterrent over, under and on the world’s oceans, the U.S. Navy is a force to be reckoned with. But, with so much fire power and so many dedicated Warfighters on watch, there is an inevitable...

ODESA, Ukraine - Navy Reserve Maritime Partnership Program Detachment 513 led logistics support for Exercise Sea Breeze 2021, a multi-national maritime exercise held in the Black Sea and Ukraine and co-hosted by U.S. 6th Fleet and the Ukrainian Navy annually since 1997...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Jacksonville conducted a combined change of command and retirement ceremony July 16, on board Naval Air Station Jacksonville, wherein Capt. Jim Strauss relieved Capt. William H. Clarke as Commanding Officer...

NORFOLK, Va. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58), a ship of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG), returned to its homeport in Naval Station Norfolk on July 16 following a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and U.S. 6th Fleet areas of operation...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) marked a milestone in its support of the F-35 Lightning II program when the depot inducted its 100th F-35 for modifications June 11...

WASHINGTON - Navy installations will exercise their security forces during Citadel Pacific 2021 (CP21), an annually reoccurring force protection exercise assessing emergency response in Navy Region Japan (July 19-23), Navy Region Hawaii (August 9-13), Navy Region Korea (August 23-27) and Joint...

NORFOLK, Va. - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic awarded six businesses Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contracts (MAC) July 15 for contingency construction projects with a maximum amount of $5,000,000,000...

MONTEREY, Calif. - Congressman Adam Smith, 17th Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), July 13, to participate in the university’s Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture (SGL) program. Smith discussed the critical role of creativity,...

SILVERDALE, Wash. - Commander, Submarine Squadron 19 conducted a change of command ceremony at Deterrent Park, Naval Base Kitsap - Bangor, July 13...