24 June 2021 Vice Adm. Kitchener Visits Naval Station Norfolk, Addresses Commanding Officers NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Forces and Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, spoke to an auditorium full of commanding officers and executive officers from Hampton Roads-area ships during a command call at Naval Station Norfolk, June...
24 June 2021 Colombian Navy Ship ARC Gloria Arrives in Mayport MAYPORT, Fla. - With Sailors singing from the masts, the Colombian Navy training ship ARC Gloria arrived at Naval Station Mayport, June 24, 2021 for a scheduled port visit...
24 June 2021 4th Annual Adriatic Partnership Maritime Interdiction Operations VBSS event concludes SPLIT, Croatia - U.S. Naval Forces Europe’s Adriatic Partnership Program co-hosted the fourth annual Adriatic Partnership Maritime Interdiction Operations and Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure Event with the Croatian Navy in Split, Croatia, from June 7 to June 11, 2021...
24 June 2021 Fleet Master Chief Hosts Senior Enlisted Symposium NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy - U.S Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) Fleet Master Chief Derrick A. Walters hosted a Command Senior Enlisted Leaders (CSEL) Leadership Symposium in Naples, Italy, June 15, 2021...
24 June 2021 U.S., India Elevate Combined Joint Maritime Training with Multi-Axis Integration INDIAN OCEAN – U.S. Navy and Indian armed forces again joined together to conduct integrated sea and air engagements off the coast of India, June 23-24...
24 June 2021 CARAT Series 2021 Commences, Elevating Maritime Security Partnerships with U.S., Sri Lanka, Japan TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka -- The 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of partner nations commenced with CARAT Sri Lanka, June 24...
23 June 2021 Secrets Revealed in a Grain of Dust from the Moon Leads to Geologist’s Award WASHINGTON - Lunar samples of dust particles and rock have been brought back to Earth for more than half a century, ever since Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the Moon in 1969. NRL geologist Kate Burgess used samples from the Apollo 17 mission during her microscopic research...
23 June 2021 Game On! NPS’ Wargaming Week Ties Tactics, Strategy to Improve Defense Planning MONTEREY, Calif. - The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) just took on some of the nation’s most critical national security issues … through analytic wargaming...
23 June 2021 USS Thomas Hudner Conducts Port Visit in Kiel Following Joint Maritime Exercise with NATO Allies and Partner Nations KIEL, Germany - The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) conducted a four-day port visit in Kiel, Germany, June 22, 2021, after participating in the 50th iteration of Exercise BALTOPS, a joint, maritime-focused exercise to increase interoperability and enhance...
23 June 2021 Naval District Washington Holds Change of Command WASHINGTON - Rear Adm. Mike Steffen relieved Rear Adm. Carl Lahti as the Regional Commander for Naval District Washington (NDW) at a change of command ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, June 22...