18 January 2022 NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Awards Unique Mentor Protégé Program Agreement MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk recently awarded Raytheon Missile and Defense with a protégé agreement as part of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Mentor Protégé Program (MPP)...
18 January 2022 Tripoli Recovers F-35Bs for the First Time, Certifies for Fixed-Wing Operations PACIFIC OCEAN – An F-35B Lighting II from Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122 touched down on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Jan. 11, marking the first time the ship has landed the new fifth generation fighter...
18 January 2022 Record Seizures in 2021 after NAVCENT and CMF Increase Patrols MANAMA, Bahrain – U.S. and international forces operating under U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) have seized record amounts of illicit cargo during maritime interdictions in 2021...
18 January 2022 Sailor Awarded Medal for Act of Heroism BETHESDA, Md. – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Wesley Middleton was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal on Jan. 18, 2022, for an act of bravery involving a possible life-saving heroic act at the scene of a terrible vehicle accident early in the morning on Jan. 3, 2022...
18 January 2022 USCGC Thetis Visits Cabo Verde PRAIA, Cabo Verde - United States Coast Guard Famous-class medium endurance cutter USCGC Thetis (WMEC 910) completed their deployment to the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations with a port visit and a series of engagements with U.S. Embassy Praia and Cabo Verdean Coast Guard officials January 13-15,...
18 January 2022 Lejeune Medical Personnel Get Ready for a New Type of Patient Care: MHS GENESIS CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - With the New Year comes a new electronic health record for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune beneficiaries. On March 19, 2022, NMCCL will officially transition to using MHS GENESIS, the Military Health System’s new structure for electronic health records, or EHR, for service...
18 January 2022 What’s in a Name?: The “Chiefs” and “Directors” of Navy Medicine FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Chiefs and Directors are an essential part of Navy Medicine and have long represented the upper tiers of corps leadership. By why do some staff corps have a Director and others a Chief? And if there is a distinction between these titles, why are they often collectively referred...
16 January 2022 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and Essex Amphibious Ready Group Wrap Up Joint Operations in the South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA – Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) and Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ESX ARG) completed joint expeditionary strike force training operations in the South China Sea, Jan. 16...
15 January 2022 Hawaii Department of Health Releases Zone H2 Water Testing Results JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The validated testing information was released in coordination with the Interagency Drinking Water System Team. As previously reported, the area coded “zone H2” did not meet the standards for safe drinking water...
14 January 2022 eNavFit Announced for the Active Component of the Fleet The Chief of Naval Personnel (CNP) released NAVADMIN 004/22 today announcing eNavFit for the active component of the Fleet starting in February 2022...