15 December 2021 At 100, Navy WAVE Remembers Where It All Began WASHINGTON - Ruth E. Black Koczela, a 100 year-old World War II Navy veteran, visited the chapel at her former duty station, the Nebraska Avenue Complex (NAC), formerly the Naval Communication Annex, Dec. 14 where she married a fellow naval officer in 1942...
15 December 2021 Naval Civil Engineer Corps Officers School Leads Seabee Chief Petty Officer Leadership Course PORT HUENEME, Calif. - The Naval Civil Engineer Corps Officers School (CECOS) held a Naval Construction Force (NCF) Chief Petty Officer Leadership Course Nov. 29 through Dec. 10 in Port Hueneme, Calif...
15 December 2021 Navy Starts Administrative Separations for COVID-19 Vaccine Refusers WASHINGTON - The Navy issued guidance to commanders to move forward with administrative separations for service members continuing to refuse the COVID-19 vaccination, while leaving the door open for those who change their minds...
15 December 2021 USS Arleigh Burke Departs Black Sea, Arrives in Golcuk, Turkey GOLUCK, Turkey - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) departed the Black Sea, arriving in Golcuk, Turkey for a scheduled port visit, Dec. 15...
15 December 2021 USS Portland Tests High Energy Laser Weapon System in Gulf of Aden MANAMA, Bahrain - Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden...
14 December 2021 Some JBPHH CNIC-Housing Registered Personnel to be Assigned to New Accommodations PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Military and civilians registered with CNIC housing department at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam who are now living in off-site temporary housing while water services are being restored to affected housing could be asked to move to a new hotel or a new hotel room...
14 December 2021 Navy and Local Dignitaries Welcome First and Only Directed Energy Lab to Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu The Navy’s exclusive Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL) is officially open for business at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu as Navy senior leaders, and local officials, including Camarillo Mayor Charlotte Craven and representatives from Harper Construction Co. Inc. attended...
14 December 2021 Harry S. Truman Strike Group Transits the Strait of Gibraltar The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) partnered with the Royal Moroccan Navy’s Sigma-class frigate Allal Ben Abdallah (F 615) to transit the Strait of Gibraltar and enter the Mediterranean Sea during a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, Dec. 14,...
13 December 2021 VAQ-130 Holds Change of Command Ceremony NAS WHIDBEY ISLAND, Washington - Cmdr. Matthew Voss relieved Cmdr. Benjamin Cooper as commanding officer of the “Zappers” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 during a change of command ceremony on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on December 21...
13 December 2021 USS Iwo Jima arrives in Norfolk after Homeport Shift NORFOLK, Va. – Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), conducted a homeport shift from Mayport, Fla. and arrived at its new homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 13...