27 October 2021 NSWC Dahlgren Thrusts Hypersonic Weapons Advancement into the Forefront DAHLGREN, Va. – Traveling from Los Angeles to New York by passenger jet takes just over five hours. Hypersonic flight at Mach 20 fewer than 10 minutes...
26 October 2021 Navy Reservists Return to SURFLANT Ships after COVID-19 Hiatus NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Navy reservists assigned to the Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic Maintenance Execution Team (CNSL MET) completed various projects aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19), Oct. 17-19...
26 October 2021 NAVCENT Task Force Completes First Unmanned Integration Exercise At Sea NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, Bahrain - On Oct. 26, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) completed exercise New Horizon, the first at-sea evolution for its new unmanned task force...
25 October 2021 Navy to Conduct Annual PPV Tenant Satisfaction Survey WASHINGTON - The annual Public-Private Venture (PPV) Tenant Satisfaction Survey (TSS) will be conducted from Oct. 28, 2021, through Dec. 13, 2021...
22 October 2021 Vietnam-era Frogman receives Purple Heart CORONADO, Calif. – For 51 years, Engineman 2nd Class (SEAL) Ray Smith Jr. has carried the memories of a mission in Vietnam on June 12, 1970. On October 7, 2021, Smith gained something new to remember his time serving on distant shores as a SEAL: a Purple Heart. Smith’s heroism and sacrifice were...
22 October 2021 Former Colombian CNO and NPS Grad Returns to Monterey MONTEREY, Calif. - In the Fall of 1981, a young Colombian naval officer arrived in Monterey, Calif. to begin his studies at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Exactly 40 years and an absolutely stellar career later, retired Adm. Guillermo Barrera had the opportunity to return to the esteemed...
22 October 2021 Top 10 Reasons to Apply to the Military Studies Program at USNCC QUANTICO, Va. - The U.S. Naval Community College offers seven naval-relevant associate degree programs for active duty enlisted Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen during Pilot II. The first associate degree program you can apply for at the USNCC is the Military Studies degree. These are the top...
22 October 2021 NAS Pensacola Home to Gopher Tortoise Population PENSACOLA, Fla. - On a sunny day in mid-October, representatives from the Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Public Works Department ventured to a site near the airfield in an attempt to catch a glimpse of a gopher tortoise hidden in an underground burrow...
21 October 2021 Thomas Hudner Coxswain Takes Unique Path to Naval Service An intergenerational journey encompassing four countries, lots of bravery, resiliency and risk-taking led SN Imanol Moreno Fuentes to joining the United States Navy, where he serves in deck department aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116)...
21 October 2021 Prize-Winning Prose: Naval STEM Announces Winners of Naval Horizons Essay Contest ARLINGTON, Va. - The results are in for the recent Naval Horizons student essay contest—organized by the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM Coordination Office, which is located at the Office of Naval Research (ONR)...