23 September 2021 Navy Gold Star Program Hosts Bells Across America YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in conjunction with the Navy Gold Star Program and Navy installations around the world, hosted the sixth annual “Bells Across America for Fallen Service Members” Sept. 23. The event is aligned with Gold Star Mother’s and Family Day, which is...
23 September 2021 Profiles in Professionalism: Senior Chief Master-at-Arms Ivan Delgado NORFOLK - When Senior Chief Master-at-Arms Ivan Delgado joined the Navy Reserve in July, 2000, he was primarily looking for something supplementary to his full-time job, offering him a little extra income and a retirement plan. He had no idea the decision would bring him so much more. Looking back...
23 September 2021 French Submarine FNS Améthyste Visits Naval Station Norfolk NORFOLK, Va. - The French submarine FNS Améthyste (S605) visited Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 16-19...
23 September 2021 NEPLO Surges Medical Teams Back Into COVID Hotspot WASHINGTON - When COVID-19 began to surge again, states turned to the federal government for another round of pandemic medical support. Then in August, the Federal Emergency Management Agency requested support from military medical teams serve the communities whose hospitals were being hit the...
23 September 2021 Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City facility to receive renovations JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $9.4 million firm-fixed-price task order, Sept. 15, to MOWA Barlovennto LLC, JV (small business) from Gautier, Mississippi, to renovate Building 304 South at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Panama City,...
23 September 2021 U.S. Navy, Bahrain Commit to Advance New Unmanned Systems Efforts BAHRAIN - During a visit to the U.S. Navy installation in Bahrain, Sept. 23, Bahraini leaders committed to partnering with U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) to accelerate integration of new unmanned systems into regional maritime operations...
23 September 2021 Legalman Earns Commission During Career Intermission MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Proving the Navy can help you achieve your goals, Legalman 1st Class Chelse Wilson took advantage of the Career Intermission Program (CIP) to earn a law degree and receive a commission into the Judge Advocate General Corps...
22 September 2021 Naval Engineers Construct Medical Building in Tabarka, Tunisia TABARKA, Tunisia - U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 (NMCB11) and U.S. Marine Corps Engineers assigned to the Eight Engineer Support Battalion (8th ESB) are working with Tunisian engineers and health officials to construct a new seven meter by eighteen-meter...
21 September 2021 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Trains with Indonesia’s Maritime Security Agency ALAMEDA, Calif. - The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) conducted operations and exercises with the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency and coast guard, the Badan Keamanan Laut (known as BAKAMLA), September 20, in the Singapore Strait...
21 September 2021 USNS Choctaw County Arrives in Lebanon for First-Ever Central Partnership Station BEIRUT - Expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF 2) arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 20, to participate in U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s (NAVCENT) first-ever Central Partnership Station (CPS) mission...