27 June 2020 Nine Graduate from NAVFAC Southeast's Leadership Development Program NAVFAC Southeast Commanding Officer Capt. Mike Monreal virtually recognized nine employees, June 25, for graduating from the NAVFAC Leadership Development Program...
27 June 2020 Team Facilitates H-53 Repair in Middle East Without Ever Leaving Cherry Point In early May, the Marines in Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) faced a problem. While deployed to the Gulf of Arabia in support of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, one of the squadron's CH-53E Super Stallions experienced a broken gear in the main rotor gearbox. A solution was needed...
26 June 2020 Naval Hospital Jacksonville Graduates Family Medicine Physicians Naval Hospital Jacksonville's award-winning Family Medicine Residency Program, now in its 49th year of continuous accreditation, graduated 25 physicians (13 interns and 12 residents) at a ceremony on June 26 at the hospital...
26 June 2020 Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Oakland (LCS 24) The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Oakland (LCS 24) June 26 during a ceremony at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama...
26 June 2020 NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Provides Extended Support to Truman The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk Logistics Support Center (LSC) wrapped up an extended period supporting the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) when the carrier returned to Norfolk June 16...
26 June 2020 Naval Research Laboratory Telescope Onboard Joint NASA and European Space Agency Program Discovers 4000th Comet he U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument identified the 4000th comet discovered by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA on June 15.LASCO, which is...
26 June 2020 USS Jacksonville Conducts Change of Command The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) held a change of command, June 25.Commander James “Andy” Wiest, from Anderson, South Carolina, relieved Cmdr. David Vehon, from Apache Junction, Arizona, to assume the duties and...
26 June 2020 Navy Military Training Program Prepares IWTC Monterey Sailors for Success The United States Navy holds training in high regard, and following the two months of rigorous "boot camp" which turns untrained civilian recruits into full-fledged members of the world's finest Navy, these Sailors arrive at "A" schools that provide them with...
26 June 2020 Naval Base Guam Paves the Way for Safe Haven Liberty Ports U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) has been designated a Safe Haven Liberty port for ships to safely pull in for potential logistical re-supply, possible repairs, and the rest and relaxation for Sailors and crewmembers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic...
26 June 2020 Commander, Naval Forces Korea Commemorates 70th Anniversary of Korean War U.S. Naval Forces Korea commemorated the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War, June 25 and 26...