25 October 2022 USS Gerald R. Ford’s Commitment to Women’s Health ATLANTIC OCEAN - “My aunt passed away in 2008 from breast cancer,” said Lt. Nyasia Jenkins, from Unci, New York, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) medical department...
25 October 2022 U.S. Navy Participates in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei 2022 MUARA, Brunei -- The United States and Royal Brunei Navies will commence the 28th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) beginning October 24 to 31 in Brunei, with the participation of U.S. Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) and a P-8A maritime patrol...
25 October 2022 The Press for Time during Medical Emergencies ATLANTIC OCEAN - “When we responded, all we could hear was screaming,” Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Blaine Grandfield, from Merritt, Texas, says, recalling a time a Sailor fell three stories off a scaffolding onto a floating barge while serving aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). A...
25 October 2022 USS Truxtun (DDG 103) Visits Souda Bay SOUDA BAY, Greece - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) arrived in Souda Bay, Crete, for a scheduled port visit, Oct. 25, 2022...
24 October 2022 Allies, Modernization at Heart of U.S.-Japan Efforts in Indo-Pacific WASHINGTON - The international rules-based order that served the world well, is under attack and the United States and Japan need to work even closer together to defend, maintain and strengthen the order, Ely Ratner, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Affairs said...
24 October 2022 Commander, Submarine Forces Hosts French Delegation NORFOLK, Va. - Vice Adm. William Houston, Commander, Submarine Forces, hosted French Navy Vice Adm. Jacques Fayard, Commander, Strategic and Oceanic Submarine Force (ALFOST) along with French staff members, in Norfolk, Virginia, Oct. 11...
24 October 2022 Keel Authenticated for Future USS Robert E. Simanek SAN DIEGO - The keel for the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), a Lewis B. Puller-class Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego, October 21...
24 October 2022 SURFLANT Hosts Commander's Training Symposium NORFOLK, Va. - Rear Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT), hosted a bi-annual, two-day leadership training symposium onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek and Naval Station Norfolk, Oct. 18-19...
24 October 2022 Carrier Strike Group 4 Exercise Enhances Beginning of Gerald R. Ford Inaugural Deployment with NATO Allies NORFOLK, Va. - The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and ships from three North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries completed a three-week exercise orchestrated by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 4 called Task Force Exercise (TFEX) 23-2 from Oct. 5 to 23...
24 October 2022 U.S. Sixth Fleet, George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Participate in Mare Aperto 22-2 MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Truxtun (DDG 103) and USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), and U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Commander, Task Force 67 concluded their participation in the Italian-led, multilateral maritime exercise Mare Aperto in the...