18 March 2022 A Centennial of Achievement PACIFIC OCEAN. – It started as an ambitious experiment. Cmdr. Kenneth Whiting, a respected naval aviator, initiated the idea to convert a cargo ship into a vessel able “to take planes around with the fleet.” Two years later, on March 20, 1922, the former USS Jupiter (Collier #3) recommissioned as...
18 March 2022 Navy Helicopters Rescue Downed Civilian Pilot in Florida PALATKA, Fla. - Two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, assigned to the “Spartans” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 70, responded to a distress call from a downed civilian aircraft near the Palatka Municipal Airport on Monday, March 14, 2022...
18 March 2022 Shipboard Preventive Medicine Event occurs during Obangame Express 22 GHANA - U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR/NAVAF) Force Medical coordinated a five-day Traveling Contact Team (TCT) event in support of Exercise Obangame Express 2022 (OE 22)...
18 March 2022 Truman and Cavour and Charles de Gaulle Conduct Joint Operates in Ionian Sea IONIAN SEA - Naval forces from France, Italy and the U.S. conducted tri-carrier operations in the Ionian Sea, Mar. 17, in direct support of NATO security operations...
17 March 2022 Training Future Leaders For Navy Reserve Medicine Navy Reserve, Naval Medical Forces Support Command created the Professional Development Program in September 2018. The goal of the program is to develop courses to improve professionalism and educate officer and enlisted Sailors on various leadership topics...
17 March 2022 U.S. Navy Concludes ICEX 2022 U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The U.S. Navy is concluding its Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 this week, wrapping up nearly three weeks of research and training on, above and below Arctic Ocean ice...
17 March 2022 Navy Supports Scientific Research at ICEX 2022 U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The ice chunks drifting on Arctic waters are inhospitable and, for most people, inaccessible. As a result, gathering accurate information about the environment in this harsh – but important – region of the world is challenging for researchers...
17 March 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Dakar, Senegal for OE22 Closing Ceremony DAKAR, Senegal - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Dakar, Senegal following their participation in Exercise Obangame Express 2022 (OE22), Mar. 17. ...
17 March 2022 Elements of Kearsarge ARG and 22nd MEU Deploy NORFOLK, Va. - Elements of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed Naval Station Norfolk and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for a regularly scheduled deployment, March 16...
17 March 2022 Medical Staff build partnerships during Obangame Express 22 DAKAR, Senegal - Medical personnel from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command in Rota, Spain provided medical treatment and training during exercise Obangame Express 2022 (OE 22), March 6-18, 2022...