FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, presented Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Hall with the 2021 Navy Hero of Military Medicine Award for his significant contributions in the fight against the novel Coronavirus, May 6, 2021...

NORFOLK, Va. – The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) departed Naval Station Norfolk and transited to Newport News Shipyard May 6, to begin its nearly 4-year Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) maintenance period...

NORTH SEA - U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participated in training with the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), off the coast of Scotland on May 10, 2021...

SAN DIEGO - Navy warships and auxiliary support vessels are inherently more vulnerable when moored or transiting into and out of ports and harbors than while transiting at sea. The Navy Expeditionary Combat Force (NECF), including the Maritime Expeditionary Security Force (MESF), Intelligence...

PORTSMOUTH, Va - Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departed Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, May 12, following the conclusion of the first of its kind, Extended Carrier Incremental Availability, conducted there...

CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) and Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard patrol vessel HMJS George William Gordon conducted a bi-lateral maritime exercise in the Caribbean Sea, May 8...

OKINAWA, Japan - Rear Adm. Chris Engdahl assumed command of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7/Task Force (CTF) 76 from Rear Adm. Fred Kacher during a change of command ceremony at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, May 12...

NORFOLK, Va. - Carrier Strike Group 12’s (CSG-12) Information Warfare Commander (IWC) held its first change of command ceremony at the historic Pennsylvania House, on board Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, May 6...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - On Thursday, April 29, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) hosted its first Boots on the Ground (BoG) event of 2021 onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville. The BoG was scaled down to a “micro” event because of lingering concerns over COVID-19...

NORFOLK, Va. - Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic (COMSUBLANT) recently announced the winner of the 2020 Sea Sailor of the Year competition...