ADRIATIC SEA - Cmdr. Jeffrey “Creature” Creighan relieved Cmdr. Jason “Fisheye” Papadopoulos as commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103. The change of command ceremony took place in the skies above the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush...

SAN DIEGO - Commodore Darren Grogan, Royal Australian Naval Attaché to the United States, promoted Royal Australian Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Luke Brewer to Chief Warrant Officer aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30), Jan. 11...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The U.S. Navy is preparing to bring Navy Week back to Miami, Jan. 23-29, with sailors from across the fleet to take part in the service’s signature outreach program. Miami Navy Week will give the community an opportunity to learn about the Navy, its sailors and...

NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. - The Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Corry Station Child Development Center (CDC) received a five-year accreditation Jan. 4 from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)...

MANAMA, Bahrain - During an indoor ceremony at the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain, Jan. 18, United Kingdom’s Royal Navy assumed command of a multinational task force led by the Royal Saudi Naval Forces since July...

GARDEN ISLAND, Australia - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) completed a weapons-handling exercise involving the transfer of an inert training shape from Mississippi to Royal Australian Navy (RAN) assets ashore and back to the submarine, while moored at HMAS...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command’s Officer in Charge of Construction Florence (OICC Florence) completed a five bridge project for Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point on Jan. 18...

BREMERTON, Wash. - “Cervical cancer screening saves lives.”So stressed Lt. Cmdr. Tara Mccluskey, Naval Hospital Bremerton OB/GYN provider...

DENVER - Rear Admiral Ron J. Piret, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC) and other Naval Oceanography Sailors and Civilians—attended the 103rd annual American Meteorological Society (AMS) meeting at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Jan. 7-12. ...

ADRIATIC SEA - Launched on 03 April 2004 and commissioned on 05 March 2005, the guided missile destroyer USS NITZE is named for Paul H. Nitze who served as Secretary of the Navy under President Lyndon B. Johnson and as Chief Arms Control Advisor during the Ronald Reagan Administration. ...