08 August 2022 Namesake’s Great-Great-Grandnephew Baptized Aboard USS Laboon NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Continuing a time-honored tradition aboard USS Laboon (DDG 58), a bell baptism service was celebrated Aug. 5 on the ship’s foc'sle for the great-great- grandnephew of the ship’s namesake, Capt. John Francis Laboon...
08 August 2022 NREIP Interns present Research at NAMRU San Antonio JOINT BASE SAN ANTONO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – Three student interns enrolled in the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) had the opportunity to present their research to mentors, scientists and staff assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio at...
08 August 2022 USS Arlington (LPD 24) arrives in Stockholm STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), attached to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), arrived in Stockholm, Sweden for a scheduled port visit, August 5, 2022...
08 August 2022 USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) Decommissioned NORFOLK - With plank owners and former crew members looking on, the crew of USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) decommissioned their ship at a Naval Station Norfolk, ceremony Aug. 4...
08 August 2022 Naval Academy Interns Explore Engineering Duty Officer Careers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division PORT HUENEME, Calif. - Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy learned about the impact of engineering duty officers (EDOs) as well as civilians in the Navy during an internship at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) this summer...
08 August 2022 50 Years After Z-Gram 116: USS Frank Cable Women Leaders Host Indian Women’s College Students BAY OF BENGAL - Nearly 50 years after the release of Z-gram 116, female leaders from the Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) hosted a tour of the ship for students from St. Joseph’s College for Women during a scheduled port visit to Visakhapatnam, India, Aug. 2, 2022...
08 August 2022 U.S. Navy Recovers F/A-18E from Mediterranean Sea NAPLES, Italy - On Aug. 3, the U.S. Navy successfully recovered the F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW 1), embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) that blew overboard due to unexpected heavy weather in the Mediterranean Sea July 8, 2022...
06 August 2022 Commander, Task Force 70 Conducts Flag Talks with JMSDF PHILIPPINE SEA - Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 conducted flag talks with their counterparts from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Fleet Escort Force, aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 5...
06 August 2022 Farragut Deploys with George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group MAYPORT, Fla. -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) deployed as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG) from Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Aug. 6...
06 August 2022 Future Sailors, Prior-Service Members Eligible for Bonuses and Loan Repayment up to $115,000 MILLINGTON , Tenn. -- Future Sailors and Prior Service Members, either Navy Veterans or Other Services Veterans (NAVETs/OSVETs), are now eligible for enlistment bonuses and loan repayment up to $115,000, according to a message released by Navy Recruiting Command Aug. 4...