14 June 2021 Eurasia Partnership Shiphandling Event Fosters Cooperative Relationships, Sharpens Skills VARNA, Bulgaria - U.S. Naval Forces Europe’s Maritime Partnership Program co-hosted the third annual Eurasia Partnership Shiphandling Event with the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna, Bulgaria June 7-11, 2021...
11 June 2021 USS Laboon Enters Black Sea in Support of NATO Allies and Partners The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) entered the Black Sea on a routine patrol, June 11, 2021, while conducting multi-domain operations with a U.S. Navy P-8A aircraft from Patrol Squadron VP-40 and NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force E-3A Airborne Warning...
11 June 2021 USS Philippine Sea Completes Homeport Shift to Norfolk Continuing the Navy’s strategic realignment of ships, USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) arrived here today, making Norfolk its new homeport June 10, 2021...
11 June 2021 18 Nations Conduct Multi-Lateral Combat Training During STRIKFORNATOS BALTOPS 50 Exercise BALTIC SEA - Sixteen NATO Allies and two partner nations are operating together June 6th to 11th to conduct Combat Enhancement Training and Force Integration Training (CET-FIT) as part of the 50th Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise. Participating nations will focus on real world safety and...
11 June 2021 Repairs Coming for Hurricane Damaged Building at NSA Panama City PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awards contract for repairs and alterations to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) building damaged by Hurricane Michael in 2018 onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Panama City, Florida...
11 June 2021 Patrol Squadron 40 Completes NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender The “Fighting Marlins” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 40 operated two P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Naval Air Station Rota, Spain in the NATO-led Steadfast Defender 2021 Maritime Live Exercise from May 20-31, 2021. Two of the squadron’s 12 Combat Aircrews executed multiple flight events conducting...
11 June 2021 Broadening High School Horizons: Naval STEM Expands Virtual Student Outreach ARLINGTON, Va. - Meet some of the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) interns and scholar alumni. Learn about engineering design for parachutes; bio-inspired research, including the science of seal tracking; and deep-submergence rescue vehicles,...
11 June 2021 Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet Visits Five Destroyers in Rota, Spain NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - Vice Adm. Gene Black, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet, visited five Arleigh-Burke guided-missile destroyers assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 65 during a visit to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, June 8, 2021...
10 June 2021 Silver Spring, Maryland Native Named Navy’s 2021 SARC of the Year WASHINGTON, D.C. - Melissa K. Nauss, a native of Silver Spring, Maryland assigned to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Center New Orleans, was awarded the Navy’s 2021 Liz Blanc Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) of the Year Award on April 27, 2021...
10 June 2021 USS Seawolf Awarded Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy BREMERTON, Washington – The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) was awarded the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy for 2020 at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, June 9...