NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - The guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) held its change of command ceremony aboard the ship, June 3, 2022. Cmdr. Bryan Wolfe relieved Cmdr. Matthew Krull during the time-honored ceremony, which was presided over by Rear Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval...

NORTHWOOD, U.K. - NATO’s advanced anti-submarine warfare exercise, Dynamic Mongoose will begin 13 June 2022. The exercise will see the participation of Sailors and Airmen from nine NATO nations: Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and the United States...

WASHINGTON - Space Systems Command is partnering with Virgin Orbit National Systems, a U.S.-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary to Virgin Orbit, to launch Coordinated Ionospheric Reconstruction CubeSat Experiment (CIRCE). The satellites, which contain twin 6U CubeSats, will fly in a circular orbit...

PACIFIC OCEAN - The Health Services Department aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) earned the Force Health and Wellness Unit Award (Green “H”) the second consecutive year...

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait – Sailors from guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command arrived in Kuwait, June 6, highlighting the strong maritime partnership between the two nations...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The U.S. Navy is preparing to bring a Navy Week to San Jose, Calif. during the week of August 15-21, as the ninth Navy Week of the calendar year...

MONTEREY, Calif. - The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Acquisition Research Program (ARP) and Naval Warfare Studies Institute (NWSI) held the 19th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, May 11-12.  The annual symposium was once again hosted virtually by NPS in an effort to open up the discussion...

STOCKHOLM - For the first time in 51 iterations, exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS22) will feature a chaplain-led portion of the exercise called the Religious and Spiritual Support Interoperability Initiative (RSSII)...

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron and 926th Operations Group, Detachment 1, Hurlburt Field, Florida, supported the U.S. Navy Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint exercise, or FST-J...

PHILIPPINE SEA – Aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), the Battle of Midway carries special meaning for the 353 “Quiet Warriors” who are forward-deployed with, and sail alongside, the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group...