29 July 2016 NAVAIR Marks First Flight with 3-D printed, safety-critical parts Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) marked its first successful flight demonstration of a flight critical aircraft component built using additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, July 29...
28 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Completes First Live SAR Field Training Exercise in Vietnam Pacific Partnership service members from New Zealand, the U.S. and Australia supported a Da Nang border guard-led Search and Rescue Field Training Exercise (SAR FTX) July 26 that began on the Han River and concluded aboard Vietnam people's navy hospital ship Khanh Hoa and USNS Mercy (T-AH 19)...
28 July 2016 US Military Vessel Embarks JGSDF Vehicles for First Point-to-Point Shipment Embarkation for the first ever point-to-point shipment of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) vehicles aboard a U.S. military vessel took place at Commander, U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, July 27...
24 July 2016 USS New Orleans, 13th MEU Arrive in Sri Lanka Amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka for a port visit, July 24...
27 June 2016 NMCP Recognizes National Cancer Survivors Day An estimated 1.7 million adults are diagnosed with cancer annually in the United States, and more than 500 of those new cancer patients seek treatment at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP)...
23 June 2016 Naval War College, CJTF-HOA Collaborate to Strengthen Maritime Security U.S. Naval War College (NWC) professors Larry McCabe and James Cook visited Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), June 14-15, to facilitate a two-day seminar on issues important to the African continent...
20 June 2016 Seabees Build Partnerships In Khaan Quest 2016 Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 participated in a engineering civil-assistance program (ENCAP) project as part of Khaan Quest 2016, May 22-June 4. This is the first time since the exercise began in 2003 Seabees have participated...
16 June 2016 Naval War College Examines 'Strategy in Complex and Uncertain Times' Students, staff, faculty and distinguished guests participated in the 67th Current Strategy Forum (CSF), June 14-15, at U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island...
06 June 2016 'Through Endurance We Conquer' Salt spray smashed into us on the foc'sle of the sailing cutter and soaked us to the skin despite our foul weather gear. I was so cold that my shaking fingers could barely close around the small metal ring but finally I got the snap shackle through and shouted completion to my crewmates. They heaved...
31 May 2016 Building Maritime Partnerships "Assume the role of boarding law enforcement," booms an Italian voice over the ships intercom...