21 May 2021 USS Wichita Busts $12 Million Drugs in Caribbean Sea CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 402 seized an estimated $12 million in suspected drugs, May 1...
20 May 2021 USFFC Fleet Vaccination Cell: ‘Vaccines Readily Available, Still Extremely Important’ NORFOLK, Va. - U.S. Fleet Forces Command’s Fleet Vaccination Cell (FVC) announced this week that the current availability of vaccines at military treatment facilities (MTF) is in the thousands, and they are still urging unvaccinated Sailors to take advantage of increased availability...
19 May 2021 SURFLANT N44 Hosts Full Power Training Symposium NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - In order to educate shipboard engineering teams about best practices during full power evolutions, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, (SURFLANT) hosted a Waterfront Symposium on the topic May 17-18, aboard Naval Station Norfolk...
19 May 2021 Navy Senior Chief Shares Education Journey, Advises Sailors to Take Advantage of Education Opportunities PENSACOLA, Fla. - A senior chief assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), is sharing his personal education journey with Sailors and giving advice from lessons learned along the way...
19 May 2021 Active Duty is Hiring: Reserve Sailors Encouraged to Consider CANREC Opportunity MILLINGTON, Tenn. - The Canvasser Recruiter (CANREC) Program is put in place to give Reserve Sailors a chance to be a Reservist recruiter for five years. The program is available to both enlisted and officers and gives Sailors an opportunity to get more involved with their local communities while...
19 May 2021 NAVWAR Fusion Cell Identifies Lessons Learned for Future Fleet Readiness SAN DIEGO - The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Fleet Readiness Directorate (FRD) concluded its Fusion Cell initiative April 30, successfully delivering more than a year of actionable data for increased agility and improved decision-making in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus...
18 May 2021 NPS Students Tackle Key Challenges of the Mobile CubeSat Network MONTEREY , Calif. - Four Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students, representing the Navy and Army, have each conducted thesis research to advance and address unique aspects of the Mobile CubeSat Command and Control (MC3) Network, a Department of Defense (DOD)-led ground station network providing...
18 May 2021 Navy Reserve to Test New Evaluation and Fitness Report System NORFOLK, Va. - Several Navy Reserve commands, units, and support centers across the Reserve force have been selected to participate in a test pilot program for eNavFit, a modern solution for all Navy Evaluation (EVAL) and Fitness Report (FITREP) processing. ...
18 May 2021 USS Carter Hall Arrives in Naval Station Rota, Spain NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), operating as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group (IWOARG), arrived at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, May 17, 2021 after its multi-week exercise conducted with the Portuguese Navy and...
17 May 2021 Canada, Mexico, U.S. ships conduct combined operations SAN DIEGO – Ships from Canada, Mexico and the United States conducted combined operations off the coast of Southern California, May 13, to enhance partnership and interoperability among the nations’ sea services...