29 October 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Seychelles PORT VICTORIA, Seychelles - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB-4) arrived in Port Victoria, Seychelles for a scheduled port visit, Oct. 29, 2021...
29 October 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet, and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO Staffs begin Operations in the Mediterranean and Black Seas GAETA, Italy - U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT), and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) staff embarked SIXTHFLT command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), Oct. 29, 2021. ...
29 October 2021 Japan, U.S. form Surface Action Group in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Yudachi (DD 103) and Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) operated bilaterally in the South China Sea...
28 October 2021 NIWC Atlantic Sets Stage for Marine GPS Test Event at White Sands WHITE SANDS, N.M. - NIWC Atlantic wrapped up its support of a month-long test event on Sept. 22 at White Sands, N.M., where new GPS technology capable of boosting U.S. Marine Corps dominance on the information warfare front was assessed...
28 October 2021 Truman Strike Group Completes COMPTUEX ATLANTIC OCEAN - Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8 completed Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Oct. 26...
28 October 2021 Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility Awarded Tri-Service Nursing Research Grant CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti –Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility, stationed at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, (CLDJ) has been awarded the Tri-Service Nursing Research Grant for a mini Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP) grant entitled "Using Training and Simulation to Improve Teamwork in Trauma Management in...
28 October 2021 USS Sioux City Interdicts Over $20 Million Worth of Cocaine CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment 102, interdicted over $20 million worth of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea, Sept. 19-20, 2021...
28 October 2021 Commander of French Maritime Force Visits NAVEUR-NAVAF-SIXTHFLT Headquarters NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy - Rear Adm. Christophe Cluzel, Commander French Maritime Force (COM FRMARFOR) visited U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet (NAVEUR-NAVAF-SIXTHFLT) headquarters on Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, Oct. 25, 2021...
27 October 2021 USS Frank Cable Begins Regional Indo-Pacific Patrol APRA HARBOR, Guam - The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) departed Apra Harbor, Guam, as part of a scheduled patrol in the Indo-Pacific region, Oct. 18...
27 October 2021 NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Contracting Department Obligates $2.3 Billion in FY-2021 NORFOLK, Va. - The NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Contracting Department did $2.3 billion in contracts last year for a wide variety of goods and services that support our mission partners, both shore based and underway...