19 December 2022 USS Shoup Joins CTF 71/DESRON 15 YOKOSUKA, JAPAN – Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) arrived in its new forward-deployed location of Yokosuka, Japan Dec. 19, joining Commander, Task Force (CTF 71)/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15...
18 December 2022 USS Savannah (LCS 28) Blue Crew Conducts Change of Command NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO - Cmdr. Daniel Sledz relieved Cmdr. Kevin Ray as the commanding officer of Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) Blue crew at a change of command ceremony aboard the ship, Dec. 16...
18 December 2022 Vice Chief of Naval Operations Visits Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) Dec. 14, 2022, to assess progress on implementing the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) and...
18 December 2022 U.S. Sixth Fleet and Italian Leadership at Sea to Reinforce Strong Alliance ADRIATIC SEA - Italian civilian and military leadership embarked the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) with Vice Adm. Tom Ishee, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet, deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe – Naval Forces Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) to strengthen U.S. and Italian...
18 December 2022 NAS JRB Fort Worth Completes $4.8 Million Runway Project NAS JRB Fort Worth, Texas —Naval Air Station (NAS) Joint Reserve Base (JRB) Fort Worth closed its airfield Dec. 6-10 to reestablish the runway threshold from 9,000 feet back to 12,000 feet...
18 December 2022 USS South Dakota Returns Home for the Holidays GROTON, Conn. – With Santa Claus waving onboard topside, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS South Dakota (SSN 790) returned home to Naval Submarine Base New London on Sunday, Dec. 18, after a five-month deployment under the command of Cmdr. Adam Zaker...
17 December 2022 Back At It: JTWC Conducts Training With USS Daniel Inouye PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) resumed fleet liaison observation training in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii starting with USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), on Dec. 15, 2022...
16 December 2022 USNCC Releases 2022-2026 Strategic Plan QUANTICO, Va. - U.S. Naval Community College released its 2022-2026 strategic plan Dec. 16, 2022...
16 December 2022 Dean of University of Maine School of Law to Christen Future U.S. Navy Ship Augusta MOBILE, Ala. - In a time-honored Navy tradition, the Honorable Leigh I. Saufley, sponsor of the Navy’s newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship the future USS Augusta (LCS 34), will christen the ship during a 10:00 a.m. CDT ceremony on Saturday, December 17, in Mobile, Ala...
16 December 2022 USS Seawolf Returns from Deployment to a New Home at NBK Bangor SILVERDALE, Wash. - The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) arrived at its new homeport of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Wednesday, December 14, 2022, after more than seven months deployed. This marks the first time any ship has moored at the newly constructed Olympic Pier, which was...