29 August 2022 NAVSAFECOM’S Global Submarine Safety Officer Course Strengthens Submarine Force NORFOLK, Va. - The Naval Safety Command (NAVSAFECOM) Submarine Safety Division completed another Global Submarine Safety Officer Course Aug. 18...
29 August 2022 With Great Freedom Comes Great Responsibility NORFOLK, Va. - As a safety and occupational health (SOH) specialist, David Kelley currently works at the Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS), China Lake Safety Office. He began working in the SOH job series in 1988 and has spent the last three decades at NAWS China Lake, dedicated to all aspects of...
29 August 2022 Keel Laying commemorated for third ship in Gerald R. Ford-Class, the future USS Enterprise (CVN 80) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – With the words, “I hereby declare the keel of the United States Ship Enterprise truly and fairly laid,” Olympians Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky chalked their initials on respective steel plates, which were then embossed by skilled welders and affixed to the keel of the future...
26 August 2022 Free Uniforms for Pregnant Sailors: Navy Maternity Pilot Program Still Accepting Applications for FY 22 Originally announced in December 2021 with the release of NAVADMIN 284/21, the Navy's Military Pilot Program is a team effort, administratively managed by the Chief of Naval Personnel’s Uniform Matters Office with the support of the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) for fulfillment...
25 August 2022 George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR - The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG), embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea as part of a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces...
25 August 2022 PCU Massachusetts Hold Change of Command NORFOLK, Va. - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Pre-commissioning Unit Massachusetts (SSN 798) held a change of command onboard Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 25...
24 August 2022 The Weight of the Crow NORFOLK, Va. - Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Briana Lee, Retail Service Specialist Petty Officer 2nd Class Domonique Gordon, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Addison Bradford explain what it means to them to hold the rank of petty officer aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1)...
22 August 2022 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 Hosts Groundbreaking of EOD and Navy Diver Memorial Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 2 held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Navy Special Operations Memorial at the EODGRU 2 compound at Joint Base Little Creek-Fort Story Aug. 19...
19 August 2022 Navy Expeditionary Preventive Medicine Team Returns Home After Successful Mission NORFOLK, Va. - The Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit TEAM ONE (FDPMU-1), an operational medical platform made up of public health experts from Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit TWO (NEPMU-2) Norfolk, Va., returned from Krakow, Poland, July 8, 2022, after a five month...
18 August 2022 USNCC Students Complete 1st Military Studies Course With ASU QUANTICO, Va. - The first students enrolled in the Associate of Arts in Military Studies through the United States Naval Community College completed their first course through Arizona State University August 9, 2022...