24 November 2021 How Science is Finding Ways to Navigate in GPS-Denied Environments ARLINGTON, Va. - There’s no denying that GPS and mapping applications on our mobile phones have dramatically affected society, including the military. Still, even their use has limits on reach and capabilities. Now science is going above and beyond to get to remote locations where GPS has no reach...
24 November 2021 Competitors Show Off Innovative Thinking at HACKtheMACHINE Unmanned SAN DIEGO - This year’s HACKtheMACHINE Unmanned competition, held Nov. 16-19, virtually brought together nearly 1,000 competitors in the first of a series of public-facing technology challenges designed to accelerate the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Task Force, forging valuable partnerships between the...
24 November 2021 FRCE’s H-53 Line Ends Fiscal Year with Strong Push MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERY POINT, N.C. - A Vietnam-era aircraft platform facing a challenging supply posture seems an unlikely candidate for an underdog victory story. But that’s just what happened when Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) artisans made a hard push to the finish line to complete...
24 November 2021 NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka Welcomes 105th Intern from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force YOKOSUKA, Japan - Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka welcomed its 105th Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) intern in a ceremony to formally introduce the lieutenant to the command and its leaders...
24 November 2021 USS The Sullivans Conducts Interoperability with Tunisian Navy MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) and Tunisian Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels TNS Jugurtha (P610) and TNS Carthage (P503), conducted multiple tactical operations to enhance maritime security and increase interoperability between the two...
24 November 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet Joins France's Polaris 21 Exercise MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Commander, Task Force 67, and the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthal (T-AO 189) began participation in the French-led multilateral maritime...
23 November 2021 U.S. 4th Fleet Completes Salvage Operation in Panama PANAMA CITY, Panama - Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 Sailors and personnel from the Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) completed a salvage operation at Vasco Nuñez de Balboa port in Panama City, Nov. 22...
23 November 2021 Three USS Shiloh Sailors Become Naturalized U.S. Citizens YOKOSUKA, Japan - Three Sailors from USS Shiloh (CG 67) were naturalized as U.S. citizens in a ceremony aboard the ship while pier-side at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Nov. 22...
23 November 2021 Under Secretary of the Air Force Reenlists Sister DAHLGREN, Va. - Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones reenlists her sister, Operations Specialist 1st Class Christiann Jones...
23 November 2021 NRL/NASA Experiment to Study Origins of Solar Energetic Particles WASHINGTON - A joint-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/NASA experiment prepares to investigate the origins of Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) that could affect Navy satellites and harm personnel during future crewed missions to the moon and beyond...