16 May 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams BLUE MILCREW Begins Deployment The Blue military crew (MILCREW) of the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) and the ship’s Military Sealift Command Civilian Mariners (CIVMARs) departed Civitavecchia, Italy, to begin a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, May 14, 2022...
16 May 2022 U.S., Estonia Kick Off Exercise Hedgehog 22 TALLINN, Estonia - Members of Task Force 61 Naval Amphibious Forces Europe/2d Marine Division (TF-61/2), operating under U.S. Sixth Fleet, joined their Estonian counterparts to kick off exercise Siil 22, also known in English as Exercise Hedgehog, in Tallinn, Estonia, May 16...
16 May 2022 Mare Aperto 22-1: U.S. Sixth Fleet trains alongside Italian and Allied navies Units and personnel from U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet joined their Italian counterparts and other Allied navies in the Italian-led exercise Mare Aperto 22-1/Italian Minex 22 in the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, May 15, 2022...
14 May 2022 USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. Commissions CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121), May 14 in Charleston, South Carolina...
14 May 2022 USS Albany Returns to Norfolk NOROFLK, Va. - The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Albany (SSN 753) returned to its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk after successfully completing a scheduled deployment, Saturday, May 14...
13 May 2022 Navy Increases Unmanned Capabilities with Newly Established Unmanned Surface Division SAN DIEGO – Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP) established Unmanned Surface Vessel Division (USVDIV) One during a ceremony, May 13, which also included a change of command ceremony for Surface Development Squadron (SURFDEVRON) One...
13 May 2022 Dieguez takes command of NAVFAC Southeast Capt. Dieguez relieves Capt. Cuadros as Commanding Officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast...
13 May 2022 Discovery Day at NPS Opens Campus to Central Coast Students In a sight not seen for more than two years, nearly 2,000 students, teachers and parent chaperones from throughout the Central Coast descended upon the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) for the return of Discovery Day at NPS, May 13, touring the university and interacting with the more than 40...
13 May 2022 Department of the Navy Earth Day Summary of Activities All around the Department of the Navy (DON) Sailors, Marines, and their families embraced this year’s theme to “Invest in our Planet” and took action to commemorate Earth Day 2022 aboard ships, installations, and in the community. The DON takes its obligations to the environment seriously and...
13 May 2022 Cryptologic Technician Interpretive Sailors Hold Annual Rating Strategy Council GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - From Apr. 28 to May 3, 2022, the entirety of the top-tier Navy Cryptologic Technicians Interpretive (CTIs) gathered in West Texas for their annual Rating Strategy Council (RSC)...