16 December 2021 Reserve Judge Advocates Support Hurricane Recovery WASHINGTON - Cmdr. Mark deVry and Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Dursa – both admiralty Law specialists affiliated with the Navy Reserve Law Program – recently returned home after volunteering on short notice to assist Louisiana officials in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The storm – which made landfall in...
16 December 2021 U.S. Navy Rescues Mariners Smuggling Illicit Drugs BAHRAIN - U.S. Navy personnel rescued five mariners Dec. 15 after a fire caused an explosion aboard their vessel, which was smuggling illicit drugs while transiting the Gulf of Oman...
16 December 2021 CTF 71 Introduces First Chaplains Permanently Embarked Aboard U.S. Destroyers YOKOSUKA, Japan - Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/ Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 welcomes the first Chaplains to be permanently embarked aboard U.S. Navy destroyers, December 2021...
15 December 2021 MilGears Platform Suite of Tools: How can it Benefit You? PENSACOLA, Fla. - MilGears focuses on Sailors’ personal and unique qualifications to produce career pathway outcomes while in service or afterwards...
15 December 2021 At 100, Navy WAVE Remembers Where It All Began WASHINGTON - Ruth E. Black Koczela, a 100 year-old World War II Navy veteran, visited the chapel at her former duty station, the Nebraska Avenue Complex (NAC), formerly the Naval Communication Annex, Dec. 14 where she married a fellow naval officer in 1942...
15 December 2021 Naval Civil Engineer Corps Officers School Leads Seabee Chief Petty Officer Leadership Course PORT HUENEME, Calif. - The Naval Civil Engineer Corps Officers School (CECOS) held a Naval Construction Force (NCF) Chief Petty Officer Leadership Course Nov. 29 through Dec. 10 in Port Hueneme, Calif...
15 December 2021 Navy Starts Administrative Separations for COVID-19 Vaccine Refusers WASHINGTON - The Navy issued guidance to commanders to move forward with administrative separations for service members continuing to refuse the COVID-19 vaccination, while leaving the door open for those who change their minds...
15 December 2021 USS Arleigh Burke Departs Black Sea, Arrives in Golcuk, Turkey GOLUCK, Turkey - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) departed the Black Sea, arriving in Golcuk, Turkey for a scheduled port visit, Dec. 15...
15 December 2021 USS Portland Tests High Energy Laser Weapon System in Gulf of Aden MANAMA, Bahrain - Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden...
15 December 2021 USS Ralph Johnson Participates in Resolute Dragon HACHINOHE, Japan - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), is underway supporting U.S. Marines and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) as part of Resolute Dragon, Dec. 15...