01 November 2021 USS Mount Whitney Arrives in Istanbul U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and staff arrived in Istanbul, Turkey for a scheduled port visit, Nov. 1...
01 November 2021 NAVSUP’s Office of Small Business Programs Sets the Bar in Fiscal Year 2021 MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - During a year full of challenges, Naval Supply Systems Command’s (NAVSUP) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) not only met, but exceeded all five of its fiscal year 2021 (FY21) small business goals while also being awarded the FY21 Acquisition Excellence Award Secretary's...
01 November 2021 NAVWAR Discusses Future Business Opportunities with Defense Industry at NDIA Fall Forum SAN DIEGO - Naval Information Warfare Systems Command’s (NAVWAR) leaders and contracting experts engaged with industry professionals at the National Defense and Industrial Association (NDIA) San Diego Fall Forum, October 25 and 26, at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, providing...
01 November 2021 NAVSUP in Spain Leverages Capacities, Resources to Support OAW NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella (NAVSUP FLCSI) provides a full range of solutions for logistics, business and support services to the Navy, Joint and Allied Forces throughout the U.S. European Command area of responsibility, including at...
01 November 2021 U.S., Indonesia Commence Bilateral Exercise CARAT Indonesia SURABAYA, Indonesia - Military personnel from the U.S. and Indonesia kicked off Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia virtually, in Surabaya and in the waters and airspace of the Java Sea, Nov. 1...
01 November 2021 Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe Destroyers Operate with NATO Allies at Sea BALTIC AND AEGEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) and USS Porter (DDG 78) participated in multilateral exercises with Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 1 and 2, respectively, Oct. 27-29...
01 November 2021 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast’s P-8 Fleet Support Team wins 2021 DON Acquisition Excellence Sustainment Team of the Year Award JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Fleet Readiness Center Southeast's (FRCSE) P-8 Fleet Support Team (FST) has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Department of the Navy (DON) Acquisition Excellence Awards (AEA) for Sustainment Team of the Year...
29 October 2021 Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hold Strategic Dialogue WASHINGTON - Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy, Vice Adm. Bill Merz co-hosted a strategic dialogue with his Japanese counterpart, Rear Adm. OMACHI Katushi, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Director General of Operations and Plans Department, here in the Pentagon,...
29 October 2021 Nurse’s Nurse Named Department of Defense Spirit of Hope Award Winner WASHINGTON - On behalf of the Department of Defense, Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) presented the Spirit of Hope Award to a Sussex, New Jersey, native who dedicated service to caregivers of the Navy’s wounded, ill and injured, during a ceremony at Washington Navy Yard, Oct. 29...
29 October 2021 Senior Enlisted Optimization Symposium Concludes MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Senior enlisted leaders, manning representatives from across the Navy and detailers met at Navy Personnel Command (NPC) Oct. 18-22 to identify critical Navy leadership gaps and fill them with senior and master chiefs misaligned to billets below their current paygrades...