14 December 2021 Some JBPHH CNIC-Housing Registered Personnel to be Assigned to New Accommodations PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Military and civilians registered with CNIC housing department at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam who are now living in off-site temporary housing while water services are being restored to affected housing could be asked to move to a new hotel or a new hotel room...
14 December 2021 Navy and Local Dignitaries Welcome First and Only Directed Energy Lab to Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu The Navy’s exclusive Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL) is officially open for business at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu as Navy senior leaders, and local officials, including Camarillo Mayor Charlotte Craven and representatives from Harper Construction Co. Inc. attended...
14 December 2021 Harry S. Truman Strike Group Transits the Strait of Gibraltar The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) partnered with the Royal Moroccan Navy’s Sigma-class frigate Allal Ben Abdallah (F 615) to transit the Strait of Gibraltar and enter the Mediterranean Sea during a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, Dec. 14,...
13 December 2021 VAQ-130 Holds Change of Command Ceremony NAS WHIDBEY ISLAND, Washington - Cmdr. Matthew Voss relieved Cmdr. Benjamin Cooper as commanding officer of the “Zappers” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 during a change of command ceremony on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on December 21...
13 December 2021 USS Iwo Jima arrives in Norfolk after Homeport Shift NORFOLK, Va. – Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), conducted a homeport shift from Mayport, Fla. and arrived at its new homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 13...
13 December 2021 NPS Researchers Use High-Tech Optics, Artificial Intelligence to Advance Laser Weapons Systems MONTEREY, Calif. - A high-energy laser beam pointed over the ocean will get distorted by the atmosphere and marine layer, reducing its effectiveness in long-range defensive applications, particularly when the target is at a low elevation...
13 December 2021 NPS Gains Access to Joint Information Operations Range MONTEREY, Calif. - The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has added a new capability to the university’s technological toolbelt with a node connecting NPS to the Joint Information Operations Range (JIOR). This advanced capability provides NPS faculty and students with access to a globally-distributed,...
13 December 2021 NAVCENT Launches Saildrone in Gulf of Aqaba for Exercise Digital Horizon GULF OF AQABA - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began operationally testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Dec. 12, as part of an initiative to integrate new unmanned systems and artificial intelligence into U.S. 5th Fleet operations...
13 December 2021 PHIBRON 11, JMSDF Discuss Future Integration in Kure, Sasebo Bilateral Talks SASEBO, Japan - Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11 leadership and staff conducted bilateral talks with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) counterparts from Kure Naval Base, Dec. 8-9 at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo...
10 December 2021 U.S. Navy Establishes Submarine Squadron Two at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard KITTERY, Maine – The U.S. Navy established Commander, Submarine Squadron (COMSUBRON) 2 in an official ceremony on Friday, Dec. 10, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine...