22 June 2021 USS Oklahoma Brothers Accounted For From World War II WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that brothers, Navy Fireman 1st Class Malcolm J. Barber, 22, Navy Fireman 1st Class Leroy K. Barber, 21, and Navy Fireman 2nd Class Randolph H. Barber, 19, of New London, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, were...
21 June 2021 USFFC Launches Senior Executive Advanced Leader Training Program NORFOLK, Va. - U.S. Fleet Forces Command hosted seven Navy Senior Executive Service (SES) leaders June 15 - 18 in Norfolk, Va., as part of the inaugural Senior Executive Advanced Leader Training (SALT) program...
21 June 2021 Cleanup completed near Ricardo following Navy T-45C crash RICARDO, Texas - Navy On-scene Coordinator completes environmental cleanup after a Navy T-45C Goshawk jet trainer aircraft crashed near Ricardo, Texas on May 17...
21 June 2021 USS Laboon Conducts Port Visit in Romania CONSTANTA, Romania - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) conducted a three day port visit in Constanta, Romania, June 18-20, 2021, as part of their mission to conduct presence operations in the Black Sea region and participate in the Romanian-led exercise Sea Shield...
19 June 2021 USS Laboon Conducts Passing Exercise with British Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy The Arleigh Burke-Class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) completed a series of passing and communication exercises (PASSEX) with the British Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy, June 17, 2021 in the Black Sea...
18 June 2021 DCNO for Warfighting Development Honors NPS Graduates During In-Person Ceremony MONTEREY, Calif. - For the first time in more than a year, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) celebrated a graduating class in person during a graduation ceremony for its Spring Quarter graduates, June 18, honoring and recognizing their remarkable achievements and resiliency. While these graduates...
17 June 2021 Navy Seeks to Unleash the Potential of Unmanned Systems The Department of the Navy (DoN) is producing an after-action review of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21 (IBP21), an exercise held April 19-26 in San Diego, California...
17 June 2021 Carrier Strike Group 12 Holds Change of Command NORFOLK, Va. - In a time-honored naval tradition, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 held a change of command ceremony aboard USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) in port Naval Station Norfolk, Jun. 17...
17 June 2021 Navy’s 2021 PFA Cycle Window Starts July 1 –Updates You Need to Know Navy personnel officials confirmed the resumption of fitness testing while releasing additional guidance and program updates June 16 in NAVADMIN 129/21. The service has not conducted an official PFA cycle since 2019, excusing both 2020 cycles to mitigate Sailor exposure to the COVID-19 virus...
17 June 2021 NAVSUP Ready to Launch Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract, Selects Awardees YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract (WEXMAC) was awarded by Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) this week to support naval expeditionary customers’ requests for more agile and timely contracting support for their forces on missions in austere and remote locations...