24 February 2025 The Navy’s carrier airwing flies further with Hercules’ new tanker approval PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- The Navy Reserve’s KC-130T Hercules fleet, upgraded with the NP200 propeller system, is cleared to aerially refuel a significantly wider range of aircraft across the carrier airwing following envelope expansion testing at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division...
18 February 2025 U.S. Navy EOD Conducts Arctic Warfare Exercise ‘Arctic Specialist’ with NATO Allies in Norway KRISTIANSAND, Norway – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians from EOD Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, assigned to Commander Task Force (CTF) 68 at Naval Station Rota, Spain, completed Exercise Arctic Specialist in Kristiansand, Norway, Feb. 3-13, 2025...
18 February 2025 Navy Expanded Access to Childcare in 2024, Continued Growth Plans for 2025 The Navy Child and Youth Program (CYP) has made significant strides in improving access to and quality of child care...
13 February 2025 NMCB 11 Seabees help stranded motorists GULFPORT, Miss. -- Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 came to the aid of stranded motorists off of Interstate 10 East outside New Orleans, Feb. 6, 2025...
12 February 2025 NPS Develops AI Solution to Automate Drone Defense with High Energy Lasers MONTEREY, Calif.-- Lasers enable the U.S. Navy to fight at the speed of light. Armed with artificial intelligence (AI), ship defensive laser systems can make rapid, accurate targeting assessments necessary for today’s complex and fast-paced operating environment where drones have become an...
12 February 2025 Navy Week Charts Course to Tucson February 17-23 MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- The U.S. Navy’s premiere outreach program, Navy Weeks, returns to the city of Tucson for the fifth time since the creation of the program in 2005, with events scheduled Feb. 17-23...
12 February 2025 MSC chartered ship MV Ocean Giant completes cargo offload in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2025 MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica -- The Military Sealift Command chartered ship MV Ocean Giant has completed a cargo offload of supplies at McMurdo Station, Antarctica in support of the annual resupply mission Operation Deep Freeze 2025...
11 February 2025 CMF's Combined Task Force 150 Carries Out First Drug Interdiction with New Zealand In Command MANAMA, Bahrain -- A U.S. Coast Guard fast-response cutter, working in direct support of New Zealand-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 of Combined Maritime Forces, seized nearly 2,400 kilograms of illegal drugs from a vessel in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 7...
10 February 2025 FRCSW Wins People’s Choice Award at 2024 Maintenance Innovation Challenge SALT LAKE CITY — Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) received the People’s Choice Award at the 2024 Maintenance Innovation Challenge (MIC) for its presentation on cold spray technology, a repair process designed to restore corroded and damaged naval aircraft components...
07 February 2025 MAKO Challenge 2025 Increases Navy Readiness and Lethality NORFOLK, Va. – Navy Reserve Sailors from U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF), U.S. 2nd Fleet, U.S. 4th Fleet, and U.S. 6th Fleet assembled at the Navy Warfare Development Center (NWDC) in Norfolk, Virginia, for MAKO Challenge 2025 from Jan. 30 -- Feb. 2...