10 February 2021 U.S. Navy, Turkish Navy Conduct Joint Exercises in Black Sea The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), USS Porter (DDG 78), and a U.S. Navy P-8A from Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 participated in joint air and surface exercises with Turkish frigates TCG Orucreis (F 245) and TCG Turgutreis (F 241), and two Turkish F-16 fighters...
09 February 2021 Groundbreaking Held at Blount Island for Police Station, Emergency Operations Center Groundbreaking ceremony held on Feb 4. at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island for new Police Station and Emergency Operations Center...
09 February 2021 New NPS Graduate Certificate Program Provides Context, History to Great Power Competition Four weeks into the first course of a brand-new distance learning graduate certificate program in Great Power Competition (GPC) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), and 31 Navy and Marine Corps students are already recognizing the role of the program in understanding the deeper, strategic...
09 February 2021 New CO Takes the Helm of CENSECFOR Capt. Douglas J. Pegher took the helm to become the eighth naval officer to serve as the Center for Security Forces commanding officer. The change of command ceremony took place at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan 9...
09 February 2021 Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, Embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Enter Arabian Gulf ARABIAN GULF - The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) along with the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) and dry cargo ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) transited the Strait of Hormuz, entering the Arabian Gulf Feb. 8...
09 February 2021 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Operates with Nimitz Carrier Strike Group SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group conducted dual carrier operations with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea Feb. 9. ...
08 February 2021 POTUS Calls Nimitz During Super Bowl Sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) received a phone call during the Super Bowl from President Joe Biden Feb. 8...
08 February 2021 Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Employees Graduate from Southwest Regional Apprenticeship Program Employees from Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) graduated from the Southwest Regional Apprenticeship Program (SWRAP) on Jan. 28. The graduation was held at Naval Air Station North Island...
08 February 2021 NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Conducts First of its Kind Repair Parts Analysis on LHD When Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic (SURFLANT) approached the Industrial Support Department at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk about performing a pilot project adding a full Repair Parts Analysis Group (RAG) to an integrated logistics overhaul (ILO) scheduled for USS Wasp (LHA...
08 February 2021 USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams Enters Mombasa, Kenya The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Mombasa, Kenya for a port visit, February 8, 2021, in support of its 2021 African coast deployment...