10 August 2021 FRCE Maintenance Professionals Assist Engine Manufacturer with Backlogs MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - An eight-person Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) team recently received high praise for deploying to Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Mississippi, to support Rolls-Royce in production of the F405 engine used in the T-45A/C Goshawk jet trainer...
10 August 2021 Naval Supply Systems Command Integrated Weapons Support Team Helps P-8A Poseidon Meet FMC goals PHILADELPHIA - In March 2021, Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support’s (NAVSUP WSS) P-8A Integrated Weapons Support Team (IWST) targeted Aug. 1 as the deadline to achieve the goal of 56 Fully Mission Capable (FMC) P-8A Poseidon aircraft. With the assistance of government stakeholders...
10 August 2021 eNavFit Active-Duty Pilot Program To Kick Off Beginning Sept. 13, 2021, selected active-duty commands across the Fleet will participate in the second test pilot program for eNavFit, an up-to-date solution for all evaluation (eval) and fitness report (fitrep) processing...
09 August 2021 NAVSAFENVTRACEN Seeks Accreditation NORFOLK, Va. - The Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center (NAVSAFENVTRACEN) is seeking accreditation with the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education (COE)...
09 August 2021 NAVSAFENVTRACEN Holds Change of Command NORFOLK, Va. - Cmdr. Charles Wilhite assumed the helm of the Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center (NAVSAFENVTRACEN) during a change of command ceremony here July 30, relieving Cmdr. Cary Isaacson. Guest speaker Rear Adm. F.R. Luchtman, Commander, Naval Safety Center (NAVSAFECEN), lauded...
08 August 2021 USS Gerald R. Ford Conducts Final Explosive Event, Completing Full Ship Shock Trials WASHINGTON, D.C.— USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully conducted a third explosive event off the coast of Jacksonville, FL, on 8 Aug., marking the completion of the ship’s Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST). ...
07 August 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Nigeria for Maritime Security Engagement LAGOS, Nigeria – Officers assigned to the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in a maritime interoperability planning event with leaders from the Nigerian Navy, Aug 7...
06 August 2021 Exercise Cutlass Express 2021 Concludes EAST AFRICA - Maritime forces from 15 East African, European, North America and West Indian Ocean nations joined several international organizations in celebrating the successful conclusion of multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2021 (CE 21), Aug. 6, 2021...
06 August 2021 New Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy WASHINGTON – Vice Adm. Bill Merz succeeded Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy, N3/N5, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations August 6...
06 August 2021 Navy Conducts Marine Mammal Study off Cape Hatteras NORFOLK, Va. - The guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) recently supported a U.S. Fleet Forces Command-funded project designed to increase understanding of the effects mid-frequency active sonar may have on marine mammal behavior...