PHILIPPINE SEA – The Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) conducted a vertical replenishment-at-sea of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) in the Philippine Sea, May 21. During this evolution, USS Charleston trained for resupply tasking in a contested...

MANAMA, Bahrain – U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) has expanded mental health care treatment options for service and family members in the U.S. 5th Fleet region as part of a two-year pilot program launched in February...

MANAMA, Bahrain – Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Bahrain provided contracting and logistics support to Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) at sea as well as in port during a port visit May 8-15...

PORT OF LOS ANGELES - Sailors and Marines worked in collaboration with first responders from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and with the city and county of Los Angeles during a Defense Support of Civil Authority (DSCA) exercise held in conjunction with Los Angeles Fleet Week (LAFW), May...

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. - Navy Reserve Center (NRC) Riverside Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Team’s goal of instilling teamwork and esprit de corps amongst the Selective Reservist (SELRES) and the staff have been extremely successful...

NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE FORT WORTH, Texas - Navy Reserve Region Readiness and Mobilization Command Fort Worth (REDCOM FW) Commander Capt. Mark Hofmann presented three Commendation Medals and two Achievement Medals to five Navy Reserve Center (NRC) Shreveport Sailors, May 15, for their...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) has expanded its support of next-generation naval aviation by declaring capabilities on a new round of F-35 components. These capabilities build upon the 17 F-35 components the depot previously declared capabilities on...

LONDON - The commander for U.S. naval forces in the Middle East discussed the role of unmanned systems and artificial intelligence in naval operations at an international security conference in the United Kingdom, May 24...

WASHINGTON - “Firefighters never die, they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved.” This statement, as made famous by Susan Diane Murphree, holds especially true for a beloved fire fighter inducted into the Navy Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Hall of Fall nearly two...

NORFOLK - NIWC Atlantic and the Department of the Navy (DON)’s Office of Acquisition, Policy and Budget received the “Leverage Data to Drive Advantage” team award on May 23 during the 2022 DON IT Excellence Awards in Norfolk. The event threw a spotlight on a Marine Corps software factory known as...