29 March 2021 ATG Norfolk Opens Air Intercept Controller Lab As a part of a pilot-training program, Afloat Training Group (ATG) Norfolk opened a new Air Intercept Controller (AIC) Lab March 29, to provide Sailors additional, advanced training opportunities...
29 March 2021 Naval War College Hosts NWC-at-NPS Graduation The U.S. Naval War College’s (NWC) College of Distance Education (CDE) hosted their NWC at Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) graduation in a virtual ceremony honoring 69 students on March 18...
29 March 2021 USS Roosevelt (DDG80) Begins Second FDNF-E Patrol The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, to begin its second Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol, March 29, 2021...
29 March 2021 Murky Waters, Crystal Clear Legacy NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class James E. Williams was not new to war...
29 March 2021 Exercise Obangame Express 2021 Concludes ACCRA, Ghana - Obangame Express 2021, the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western Africa, ended its 10th iteration with a celebratory closing ceremony in Accra, Ghana, March 27, 2021. ...
29 March 2021 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Conducts Joint Force Maritime Exercise with India INDIAN OCEAN - The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) conducted simultaneous joint multi-domain operations with the Indian Navy and Air Force in the Indian Ocean March 28-29, 2021...
27 March 2021 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Hosts Visit for U.S. AFRICOM, Tunisian Defense and U.S. Sixth Fleet Leadership U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), U.S Sixth Fleet Commander, Vice Adm. Gene Black, Tunisian Ministry of Defense Chief of Cabinet, Abdelhak Khemiri, Tunisian Navy Chief of Staff, Rear Adm. Adel Jehane; and Tunisian Air Force Chief of Staff, Brig. Gen...
27 March 2021 Wichita Conducts Bi-Lateral Exercise with Dominican Republic CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) conducted a bi-lateral maritime exercise with naval counterparts from the Dominican Republic, Mar. 24 while operating in the Caribbean Sea...
27 March 2021 USS Arleigh Burke Prepares for Home Port Shift to Rota NORFOLK, Va. – The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) departed from Naval Station Norfolk, Mar. 26, commencing the ship’s homeport shift to Rota, Spain...
27 March 2021 U.S. Navy, USS Mount Whitney Donate COVID Supplies to host-city Gaeta, Italy GAETA, Italy - On behalf of the crew of the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), Capt. David Pollard, commanding officer of Mount Whitney, presented critical medical equipment and supplies to a local hospital in Gaeta, Italy, assisting in the resupply of depleted...