30 August 2021 USS Tripoli Conducts Final Contract Trials WASHINGTON – USS Tripoli (LHA 7), the U.S. Navy’s second America-class amphibious assault ship completed final contract trials (FCT), Aug. 26...
30 August 2021 Recruit Performance Divisions Return to RTC’s Pass-In-Review: Triple Threat GREAT LAKES (NNS) - Recruit Training Command (RTC) returned to in-person guest attendance at graduation Aug. 13, 2021, for the first time in 17 months, and with that came the return of performing divisions, sometimes better known as 900 divisions...
30 August 2021 Center for Surface Combat Systems Showcases Training at SNA’s 2nd Waterfront Symposium The Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) educated the surface warfare community on how they train warfighters to fight and win during the Surface Navy Association’s (SNA) 2nd Waterfront Symposium, August 25 - 26...
30 August 2021 NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka Completes Second COOP Exercise, Expands Scope and Participation Between Aug. 9 and Aug. 12, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka performed its second annual Continuity of Operations Exercise (COOPEX)...
29 August 2021 U.S. Flights Take Afghan Evacuees from Italy to the United States NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy – Evacuees from Afghanistan departed Naval Air Station Sigonella Aug. 28th en route to the United States. The U.S.-bound planes took off at full capacity carrying American citizens and vulnerable Afghans to Philadelphia and Dulles Airport as part of Operation...
28 August 2021 Navy Celebrates Commissioning of USS Vermont (SSN 792) GROTON, Conn. – The Navy celebrated the commissioning of USS Vermont (SSN 792), the first Block IV Virginia-class submarine to enter service, Saturday, Aug. 28, at Naval Submarine Base New London...
28 August 2021 NAVWAR Launches Phase II of Project Overmatch Prize Challenges SAN DIEGO - Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) kicked off Phase II of the Artificial Intelligence and Networks Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (AINetANTX) Prize Challenges, focused on identifying solutions at speed, for a more lethal, better connected fleet of the future in...
28 August 2021 NAMTS Expands Sailor Self Sufficiency with Acquisition of Diesel Engine Mockup NORFOLK, Va. – For years, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) Diesel Shop had been interested in implementing the Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) Diesel Engine, Governor and Injector Repair Technician Job Qualification Requirement (JQR). While hands-on work...
28 August 2021 USS Carl Vinson Arrives in Yokosuka The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka Aug. 28 for a scheduled port visit. The Carl Vinson is homeported in San Diego, Ca., and departed Aug. 2 in support of global maritime security operations...
27 August 2021 USS George H.W. Bush Completes Drydocking Planned Incremental Availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard PORTSMOUTH, Va. - USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) departed Aug. 26 for sea trials, marking completion of one of the largest and most complex aircraft carrier availabilities conducted at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY)...