As a result of feedback from Sailors and waterfront leadership, the Navy has updated grooming policy and requirements for Sailors diagnosed with the shaving-related condition pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) in NAVADMIN 064/22, Mar. 9...

U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The Hon. Meredith Berger, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of the Navy, visited the U.S. Navy’s Ice Camp Queenfish, built on a sheet of Arctic ice floating 160 nautical miles offshore, and the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) on March...

GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Monterey Detachment Goodfellow welcomed home Cryptologic Technician (Interpretative) 1st Class Josan Rivera from a five-month deployment in support of Operation ALLIES WELCOME, Task Force Pickett. During Rivera’s...

NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan — Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 hosted Sailors assigned to Commander, Submarine Group (CSG) 7/Task Force 74 (CTF-74), allowing the staff to familiarize themselves with the P-8A Poseidon’s varying mission sets and to gain a better understanding of the aircraft’s...

MANAMA, Bahrain - Master Chief Lateef Compton assumed the role of U.S. 5th Fleet command master chief last week. He recently answered questions about his experience in the Navy and his outlook as he fills his new role...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune graduated the inaugural class of physician assistant students on March 4, 2022 during a combined graduation and commissioning ceremony...

ATLANTIC OCEAN – USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) completed Tailored Ship’s Training Availability (TSTA) and Final Evaluation Problem (FEP), March 1, 2022...

ATLANTIC OCEAN - The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) completed a live-fire exercise of its RIM-116 rolling airframe missile (RAM) while underway Feb. 28...

Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Jacksonville is pleased to announce that Supervisory Contract Specialist, Laura Donson, has been awarded the DoD’s 2021 Richard “Dick” Ginman Award for Contingency Contracting Officer Excellence...

U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – Joining U.S. military forces at Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 are personnel from the Royal Canadian Air Force and Navy, as well as the United Kingdom Royal Navy...