01 September 2021 Carl Vinson and U.K. Carrier Strike Groups Conduct 5th and 4th Generation Fighter Joint Interoperability Flights Fifth and fourth generation aircraft assigned to Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG), with embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), and U.K. Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 21 conducted joint interoperability flights in the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet, Aug. 26...
28 August 2021 USS Carl Vinson Arrives in Yokosuka The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka Aug. 28 for a scheduled port visit. The Carl Vinson is homeported in San Diego, Ca., and departed Aug. 2 in support of global maritime security operations...
24 August 2021 Hershel “Woody” Williams Joins Brazilian Navy for Inaugural Operation Guinex GULF OF GUINEA - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in the first iteration of the Brazilian-led, Gulf of Guinea exercise called Operation Guinex with the Brazilian Frigate Independencia, Aug. 23, 2021...
20 August 2021 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast employee earns DON Civilian Rising Star Award for Excellence Carl Bagmon, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast's equal employment opportunity (EEO) Complaints Manager, earns DON Civilian Rising Star Award for Excellence...
17 August 2021 Meeting of the Minds: ONR Hosts First-Ever Roundtable with Present, Past CNRs ARLINGTON, Va. - The Office of Naval Research held a recent roundtable hosted by current Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin C. Selby and featuring eight former CNRs...
13 August 2021 505th Command and Control Wing Supports Navy Large Scale Exercise 21 HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - U.S. Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron and the 505th Communications Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., are supporting the U.S. Navy Large Scale Exercise 21 – the biggest U.S. Navy exercise in a generation, according to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday,...
13 August 2021 NPS Space Systems Grad Carlos Del Toro sworn in as 78th Secretary of the Navy MONTEREY, Calif. - Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) alumnus Carlos Del Toro was sworn in as the nation’s 78th Secretary of the Navy, August 9. Del Toro served 26 years in uniform followed by 17 years as CEO and President of a private sector firm...
12 August 2021 Navy Band Great Lakes Back to Performing before Audiences GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Navy Band Great Lakes, known as Navy’s Ambassadors to the Midwest, is back performing in front of live audiences after almost two years...
11 August 2021 Cindy McCain Visits with Sailors Aboard Abraham Lincoln PACIFIC OCEAN - Cindy McCain, businesswoman, philanthropist, author, and wife of the late Sen. John McCain, visited the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) along with a group of business executives as part of the Commander, Naval Air Force’s Distinguished Visitor Program, Aug...
03 August 2021 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Departs on Deployment SAN DIEGO - The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CVCSG), led by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, deployed from San Diego, Aug. 2, in support of global maritime security operations...