08 December 2021 USFFC Holds Change of Command, Welcomes 43rd Commander NORFOLK, Va. - Adm. Christopher Grady was relieved by Adm. Daryl Caudle as commander, U.S. Fleet Forces (USFFC), in a ceremony aboard aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 7...
07 December 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet Hosts FS Auvergne, Porter Visits Marseille, France NAPLES, Italy - U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) hosted French FREMM Frigate FS Auvergne’s (D 654) leadership at its headquarters in Naples, Italy, while France welcomed the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) to Marseille, France this past week...
03 December 2021 USS Porter Concludes Participation in French Exercise POLARIS MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) successfully concluded participation in the French exercise POLARIS 21, December 2, 2021...
02 December 2021 Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples Visits Charles de Gaulle MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Adm. Robert Burke, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) and Allied Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples, visited the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91) during the French exercise POLARIS 21, Dec. 2, 2021...
30 November 2021 USS Zumwalt Holds Change of Command SAN DIEGO, CA -- USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Station San Diego, Nov. 24...
29 November 2021 U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Orders Red Hill Investigation PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, ordered a command investigation into the Nov. 20, 2021, recovery of about 14,000 gallons of a water-and-fuel mixture from a fire suppression drain line, located about ¼ mile downhill of the fuel tanks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel...
29 November 2021 U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Inspired to Share USS Arizona Relics JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii -- On October 17, 1916, Woodrow Wilson was president and the average pay for an ensign in the Navy was $141.67 per month. The world was embroiled in World War I and the United States was preparing for the reality of having to join the bloody battle. The same...
24 November 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet Joins France's Polaris 21 Exercise MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Commander, Task Force 67, and the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthal (T-AO 189) began participation in the French-led multilateral maritime...
22 November 2021 Navy Culinary Specialists Continue Turkey Day Traditions For more than 100 years, the Navy has included roast turkey in its Thanksgiving menu. This year, operating in a COVID environment, Culinary Specialists across the globe are getting ready with an estimated 79,000 pounds of Roast Turkey, 23,000 pounds of stuffing, 38,000 pounds of mashed potatoes,...
19 November 2021 USS Shiloh Returns to Japan Following 5th and 7th Fleet Deployment YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 19, following a six-month deployment across the 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations...