12 January 2024 Navy Completes Work on Naming Commission Recommendations WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the Department of the Navy completed the renaming of 33 ships, buildings, and streets ahead of the Department of Defense’s 2024 deadline to rename all military property that honored the Confederacy...
21 December 2023 Navy Locates and Recovers Downed Blackhawk in the Mediterranean Sea MEDITERRANEAN SEA - A team of deep ocean salvage experts located and recovered the downed MH-60 Blackhawk that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Nov. 10. The aircraft was conducting routine training when it experienced an in-flight emergency resulting in the crash...
13 December 2023 COMNAVSURFLANT Hosts Annual Junior Officer Training Symposium NAVAL STATION NORFOLK — Commander, U.S. Naval Surface Force Atlantic hosted the second annual Junior Officer (JO) Training Symposium event in Norfolk, December 6, 2023...
08 December 2023 Navy’s Humanitarian Operations Highlighted in New NHHC Publication WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Recognizing a gap in the modern literature of the U.S. Navy regarding the importance of humanitarian and disaster relief (HADR) operations, one Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) historian fills the void with his latest publication "A Global Force for Good:...
04 December 2023 U.S. Navy to start recovery operations for downed Blackhawk MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The U.S. Navy contracted the multi-purpose support vessel, NG Worker, for search and recovery operations of an Army Blackhawk aircraft that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, Nov. 10. The aircraft was conducting routine training when the crash occurred...
28 November 2023 CTF-68 Seabee Divers and Georgia Coast Guard Build Partnership in the Black Sea BATUMI, Georgia — U.S. Navy Seabee divers assigned to Commander Task Force (CTF) 68 conducted a six-week exercise with the Georgian Coast Guard in Batumi and Poti, Georgia in an effort to build a stronger relationship and improve maritime security...
07 November 2023 Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 108 NEW ORLEANS — The Navy accepted delivery of the next-generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 108, from Textron Systems, Nov. 3...
06 November 2023 From Basic Research to Application: NRL Geophysicist Awarded NDIA Undersea Warfare Bronze Medal Achievement in Science WASHINGTON — Warren Wood, Ph.D., U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Ocean Sciences Division’s Geology and Geophysics section head, received the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Bronze Medal on Sept. 19, 2023 during a ceremony held at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Conn...
17 October 2023 USNCC President Speaks at CLO Symposium SAN DIEGO – U.S. Naval Community College’s President Randi Cosentino, Ed.D. spoke at the Chief Learning Officer Symposium on October 16, 2023...
14 September 2023 NPS Advances Energy Resilience, Sustainability Through Microgrid Research Over the past five years, a multidisciplinary team of Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) faculty has been supporting the development of an energy renaissance of sorts with the potential to redefine what it means to be energy resilient. At the same time, the team is directly supporting the advancement...