24 August 2021 Hershel “Woody” Williams Joins Brazilian Navy for Inaugural Operation Guinex GULF OF GUINEA - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in the first iteration of the Brazilian-led, Gulf of Guinea exercise called Operation Guinex with the Brazilian Frigate Independencia, Aug. 23, 2021...
23 August 2021 USS Billings and USNS Burlington Support Haiti Relief CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) and USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10), a spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship, operated by Military Sealift Command are supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations off the coast Haiti, Aug. 22...
23 August 2021 Vice President Harris visits LCS in Singapore SINGAPORE -- Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) while moored in Changi Naval Base, Singapore, August 23...
23 August 2021 NAS Sigonella Receives Afghan Evacuees NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy – A total of 662 qualified evacuees from Afghanistan landed at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella on Aug. 22 as part of Operation Allies Refuge...
21 August 2021 Fleet Surgical Team 2 Joins USS Arlington for Haiti Mission Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 2 joined the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) as the ship departed Norfolk to support the United States Agency for International Development/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) led humanitarian assistance and disaster relief...
21 August 2021 USS Arlington Arrives in Haiti to Support USAID CARIBBEAN SEA - The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) arrived in U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations off the coast Haiti to begin humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, Aug. 21...
21 August 2021 Gerald R. Ford Departs Norfolk for Newport News, Commences Planned Incremental Availability NORFOLK, Va. —The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed Naval Station Norfolk to make the transit to Newport News Shipyard in support of her Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), a six-month period of modernization, maintenance, and repairs, Aug. 20, 2021...
20 August 2021 20th SEACAT Concludes, Puts Cooperative Maritime Security First SINGAPORE - The 20th annual Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) exercise concluded Aug. 20, following 10 days of in-person and at-sea engagements that enhanced collaboration among Indo-Pacific partners and focused on shared maritime security challenges of the region...
20 August 2021 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast employee earns DON Civilian Rising Star Award for Excellence Carl Bagmon, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast's equal employment opportunity (EEO) Complaints Manager, earns DON Civilian Rising Star Award for Excellence...
20 August 2021 Commanders: Has Your Team Made The Jump To JRAT? Here's Why You Should Fall In Line The Navy and Marine Corps manage risk daily – so why not streamline the assessment process with an easy-to-use, automated system?...