24 January 2022 NATO Kicks Off Vigilance Activity Neptune Strike 2022 Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) and U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) commenced NATO-led activity Neptune Strike 2022 from the SIXTHFLT flagship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), Jan. 24...
23 January 2022 U.S. Navy Interdicts Stateless Vessel Previously Caught Smuggling Weapons MANAMA, Bahrain – On Jan. 18, U.S. 5th Fleet ships interdicted a stateless fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman that was caught smuggling illicit weapons off the coast of Somalia last year...
21 January 2022 Naval STEM Superstars: DoD SAQ Award Winner – Wayne Jordheim Naval STEM Superstars is a blog series to acknowledge the Department of Defense STEM Advocate of the Quarter (DoD SAQ) award winners. Each quarter, the award recognizes an exceptional DoD civilian, military member, or team who has gone above and beyond in STEM education and outreach. ...
21 January 2022 Naval STEM Superstars: DoD SAQ Award Winner – Erica Borgers Klonkowski Naval STEM Superstars is a blog series to acknowledge the Department of Defense STEM Advocate of the Quarter (DoD SAQ) award winners. Each quarter, the award recognizes an exceptional DoD civilian, military member, or team who has gone above and beyond in STEM education and outreach...
20 January 2022 Underwater Construction Team 2 Completes the Inaugural Multinational Underwater Repair Exercise with the Republic of Korea Navy Underwater Construction Team APRA HARBOR, Guam - Divers from the U.S. Navy’s (USN) Underwater Construction Team TWO (UCT 2 ) Construction Diving Detachment ALFA (CDD/A), Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit ONE (MDSU-1), and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) Underwater Construction Team (UCT) completed the first-ever Multinational...
20 January 2022 NPS Student’s Award-Winning Thesis Helps Naval Station Newport Prepare for Hurricane MONTEREY, Calif. - When an extreme weather event hits, emergency preparation and procedures get put to the test, and so does the cohesion of multiple areas’ evacuation plans. A lack of communication between cities, or between military bases and their local communities, can result in less road...
20 January 2022 PROTEUS Provides Global Maritime Domain Awareness WASHINGTON - PROTEUS is used to identify, query, and filter maritime vessels based on user-defined criteria and provides near-real time global maritime situational awareness...
20 January 2022 7th Fleet Destroyer conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea On Jan. 20, USS Benfold (DDG 65) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law. At the conclusion of the operation, USS Benfold exited the excessive claim and continued operations in the South China Sea...
19 January 2022 NMCB-5 Concludes Indo-Pacific Deployment, NMCB-3 Assumes Authority of Naval Construction Force Tasking in the Indo-Pacific OKINAWA, Japan - U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 transferred authority of Naval Construction Force tasking in the Indo-Pacific region to NMCB-3 during a relief in place/transfer of authority (RIP/TOA) ceremony onboard Camp Shields in Okinawa, Jan. 18...
19 January 2022 NIWC Atlantic Command Information Office Advances Automation Efficiencies CHARLESTON, S.C. - Teams from Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic’s Command Information Office (CmdIO) collaborated with various champions and stakeholders over the past year to advance automation efficiencies improving business operations for the workforce...