15 February 2022 Navy Week Program Sets Sail for Trenton MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The U.S. Navy is preparing to bring a Navy Week to Trenton, N.J. during the week of May 2-8, as the fourth Navy Week of the calendar year...
14 February 2022 USS Lake Champlain Returns Home to San Diego SAN DIEGO - Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) returned home to Naval Base San Diego, Feb. 14, completing an eight-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 to U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleets...
14 February 2022 CVW-5 Conducts Change of Command MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan – Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5) conducted a change of command ceremony, Feb. 14...
14 February 2022 The Secretary of the Navy Increases Secondary Caregiver Leave to 21 Days Sailors will now have more time to spend with their family after the birth or adoption of a child as the Department of the Navy increased its maximum Secondary Caregiver Leave (SCL) to 21 days. The Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, authorized the extension on February 11, 2022...
14 February 2022 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Returns Home From Deployment SAN DIEGO - The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group returned to San Diego, marking the end of an eight-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets areas of operation, Feb. 14...
14 February 2022 USS Leyte Gulf Changes Command at Naval Station Norfolk NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - The guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) completed a change of command aboard Naval Station Norfolk, Feb. 10, 2022...
14 February 2022 FRCSW Teammates Help Rescue Lost Hiker NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. - Last month a group of FRCSW teammates that included Adam Kimmerly, Thom Jarvis, Camille Delaflor, Paul Douvier and Marc Rasp (all from the command’s Fleet Support Team) found themselves playing a pivotal role in the rescue of a lost hiker in the Anza-Borrego...
14 February 2022 Commander, Task Force 70 Conducts 30th Warfare Commander Meeting with Republic of Korea Navy YOKOSUKA, Japan - Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 staff conducted the 30th Bi-annual Composite Warfare Commander Meeting (CWCM) with leadership from the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) through a teleconference, Feb. 9...
14 February 2022 The Taming of the (Elephant) Shrew: The Story of Navy Medicine’s “Cairo to Capetown” Expedition of 1948 FALLS CHURCH, Va. - On February 17, 1948, a Navy medical team embarked on a historic journey across the African Continent. Over a period of nine months they travelled in a caravan from Port Said, Egypt to Capetown, South Africa while collecting thousands of rare specimens, providing medical care to...