20 February 2023 U.S., UAE Naval Forces Complete First-Ever Bilateral Unmanned Exercise MANAMA, Bahrain – U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) concluded a weeklong unmanned systems and artificial intelligence integration exercise with the United Arab Emirates Navy in the Arabian Gulf, Feb. 20...
20 February 2023 Norfolk Naval Shipyard Breaks Ground on $300 Million in SIOP Renovation NORFOLK, Va. - On Feb. 15 Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) broke ground to welcome a renewed period of naval shore construction and celebrate multiple projects which will renovate and modernize its historic Dry Dock 8 and adjacent berths...
17 February 2023 USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) Arrives in Stockholm STOCKHOLM - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) arrived in Stockholm, Sweden for a scheduled port visit, Feb. 16, 2023...
17 February 2023 NSWCPD Employee Receives Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award PHILADELPHIA - The Arleigh Burke Class (DDG 51) Destroyer Shipbuilding Program Manager Capt. Seth Miller presented the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service award to Toni A. Checchio, the lead systems electrical engineer for DDG 51 Class Land Based Engineering Site (LBES) on Jan. 18, 2022 for her...
17 February 2023 Navy, Annapolis First Responders, and Emergency Medical Centers Conduct Mass Casualty Drill ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Naval Support Activity Annapolis (NSAA), local law enforcement, and local emergency medical centers conducted a security response drill at Naval Health Center Annapolis, as part of the Citadel Shield/Solid Curtain (CS/SC) 2023 exercise Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023...
17 February 2023 Profiles in Professionalism: Lt. Victor Agunbiade U.S. 6TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY - Lt. Agunbiade is a Nigerian-born, Navy Reserve Sailor who is serving as the exercise’s country lead. The following is an excerpt of a conversation about his experience visiting his home-country and the people that he met. This story has been edited...
17 February 2023 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12 Completes Exercise MAGRE ADRIATIC SEA – Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit 12, assigned to Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10, participated in exercise MAGRE 23.1 in Cartagena, Spain, Jan. 28-Feb. 4, 2023...
17 February 2023 Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Completes Arctic Training Exercise Snow Crab Ex LITTLE FALLS, Minn. –U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) completed Snow Crab Exercise (Snow Crab Ex) 23-1 this week following the departure of U.S Navy EOD units and Navy Divers at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota...
17 February 2023 Republic of Korea Assumes Command of Anti-Piracy Task Force MANAMA, Bahrain - Brazil turned over command of a multinational naval task force to the Republic of Korea during a one-hour ceremony at the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain, Feb. 16...
17 February 2023 The Hospital Corpsmen of Iwo Jima: Stories of Valor and Sacrifice FALLS CHURCH, Va. - At 0900 on February 19th, 1945, the first assault waves from the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions hit the beaches of Iwo Jima. Embedded within these units were corpsmen like Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Stanley Dabrowski, of New Britain, Conn., who remembered the...