22 October 2021 NAS Pensacola Home to Gopher Tortoise Population PENSACOLA, Fla. - On a sunny day in mid-October, representatives from the Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Public Works Department ventured to a site near the airfield in an attempt to catch a glimpse of a gopher tortoise hidden in an underground burrow...
22 October 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet Participates in Italy’s Mare Aperto Exercise TYRRHENIAN 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 Kanawha (T-AO 196) recently participated in the Italian-led multilateral maritime...
21 October 2021 SECNAV to Make Inaugural Visit to Indo-Pacific Region Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro will meet with senior leaders in Hawaii, Japan, Republic of Korea, Guam, and Papua New Guinea...
21 October 2021 Navy and Army Demonstrate Advanced Hypersonic Technologies The Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the Army Hypersonic Program Office (AHPO) successfully conducted a High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign on October 20, 2021...
21 October 2021 Thomas Hudner Coxswain Takes Unique Path to Naval Service An intergenerational journey encompassing four countries, lots of bravery, resiliency and risk-taking led SN Imanol Moreno Fuentes to joining the United States Navy, where he serves in deck department aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116)...
21 October 2021 Prize-Winning Prose: Naval STEM Announces Winners of Naval Horizons Essay Contest ARLINGTON, Va. - The results are in for the recent Naval Horizons student essay contest—organized by the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM Coordination Office, which is located at the Office of Naval Research (ONR)...
21 October 2021 Recruit Training Command graduate commits to her future Seaman Delaina Temple took her first steps toward a promising future when she committed to joining the U.S. Navy.Temple was one of 714 graduates Oct. 15 at Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s only boot camp. Neither Temple, nor her Recruit Division Commanders (RDC) – Chief Culinary Specialist...
21 October 2021 Task Force 70 Conducts Change of Command YOKOSUKA, Japan - Commander, Task Force 70 held a change of command ceremony Oct. 21 at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka’s Benny Decker Theater...
20 October 2021 Navy Releases Extensive Bonhomme Richard Fire Report, Major Fires Review WASHINGTON -- The Navy released today two reports related to the fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) on July 12, 2020: the results of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Command Investigation and a Major Fires Review commissioned by the Vice Chief of Naval Operations that examined all major fires in the...
20 October 2021 Navy Installations Command Facilitates Third-Party Inspection for Privatized Housing WASHINGTON - As part of the requirements established in the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Commander, Navy Installations Command will be facilitating third-party home inspections for all Navy privatized military housing units beginning in October 2021 – October 2022...