14 May 2020 USS Lassen, Embarked Coast Guard Team Recover Illegal Drugs in Caribbean The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment team recovered more than 3,500 pounds of marijuana from smugglers May 2...
14 May 2020 Reservist Receives Prestigious Credential While Assigned to CNE-CNA/C6F Lt. Cmdr. Steven Castle, a reserve officer under active-duty orders to U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, was one of seven internationally that have attained the inaugural certification of Certified Oncology Administrator (COA) in April 2020...
14 May 2020 Individual Ready Reserve Sailors Serve at Navy Medical Center Portsmouth Leadership across the NR Force and BUMED used the current COVID-19 climate to prove the feasibility of activating Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) Sailors to Navy Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) in direct response to special authorities granted by the COVID-19 pandemic...
14 May 2020 Senior Enlisted Academy Achieves Mission Success through Virtual Training during COVID-19 The Senior Enlisted Academy (SEA) transitioned from an in-residence (IR) training atmosphere to an all-virtual training environment to accommodate the changes to policy due to Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)...
13 May 2020 NSWC Corona to Anchor New 'Inland Empire Tech Bridge,' Creating Opportunities for Local Economy while Accelerating Innovation Assistant Secretary of the Navy (RDA) James Geurts announced establishment of the new Inland Empire Tech Bridge in a virtual press conference May 12...
13 May 2020 USS Maine Celebrates Birthday With Return to Service The gold crew of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN 741) officially returned the boat to strategic service, when they recently deployed on their first patrol in more than three years...
13 May 2020 NAVWAR Launches Data Fusion Tool, Maintains Fleet Readiness in Wake of Worldwide Pandemic In response to the COVID-19, the NAVWAR FRD launched the Fusion Cell, a virtual data repository providing actionable information for increased agility and improved decision-making across the command...
13 May 2020 Disrupting Drug Traffickers - USS Tornado Completes Counter Drug Patrol Cyclone-class patrol ship USS Tornado (PC 14) returned to Mayport, Florida, May 13, following a 68-day counter narcotics patrol in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility...
13 May 2020 Scaling Agility, Navy Doubles Tech Bridge Locations The Navy announced the expansion of the Tech Bridge initiative by six locations, doubling the number of off-base collaboration spaces available to the Dept of the Navy...
13 May 2020 Mind, Body, and Soul Surviving COVID-19 Pandemic NAVIFOR recently hosted a three-person board of SMEs for a live Facebook Town Hall to field questions on 'Mental/Behavioral/Spiritual Health and Building Resiliency during COVID-19' with Capt. Davidson from NMCP, and Capt. Underwood and Capt. Adriano, NAVIFOR's Force Chaplain and Force Surgeon...