22 December 2020 Japan-Based Repair, Maintenance Facility Welcomes Innovation With Laser Ablation Demo Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center’s (SRF-JRMC) machine shop and continuous improvement and innovation office hosted a laser ablation demonstration to educate its workforce about innovative technologies...
22 December 2020 Navy Announces Expanded Operational Stress Control Program: Here Are the Details Operational Stress Control Program is no longer just a pre-deployment training check. Instead, the Navy has shifted to an around the clock, peer-to-peer mentality in educating the fleet and identifying those impacted by operational stress -- and supporting them...
22 December 2020 Makin Island Amphib Group, Marines Arrive Off Somali Coast to Relocate U.S. Forces The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived off the coast of Somalia Dec. 21 as part of the Joint Forces Maritime Component Command for Joint Task Force-Quartz (JTF-Q)...
21 December 2020 Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Hosts Blood Drives Benefitting Service Members SAN DIEGO – Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) partnered with the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) to host four blood drives throughout 2020...
21 December 2020 Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Hosts COVID-19 Safe Holiday Lights Display Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) joint associations hosted a holiday lights drive through display for SWRMC families on Dec. 19...
21 December 2020 USS Port Royal Seizes Suspected Narcotics The guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73), deployed to U.S. Fifth Fleet and operating in support of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), interdicted a shipment of more than 1100 lbs. (521 kg) of suspected narcotics from a dhow in the international waters of the North Arabian Sea Dec. 18...
21 December 2020 USS Georgia Transits Strait of Hormuz MANAMA, Bahrain – The nuclear-power Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) along with the guided-missile cruisers USS Port Royal (CG 73) and USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) transited the Strait of Hormuz entering the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 21...
21 December 2020 Naval Surface Forces Releases Comprehensive Endurance, Fatigue Management Program Instruction Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) and Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (SURFPAC) released an updated Comprehensive Fatigue and Endurance Management Program (CFEMP) instruction Dec. 11...
21 December 2020 Saudi, U.S. Forces Conduct Joint Aviation Integration Exercise in Arabian Gulf The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF), Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF), U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) conducted a robust combined joint air operations in support of maritime surface warfare (AOMSW) exercise in the Arabian Gulf Dec. 17-18...
20 December 2020 USS Sterett Ship’s Store Receives Top Honors for Fourth Consecutive Year Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) enjoy a top-ranked ship’s store, managed by Retail Services Specialists who have earned a Ship’s Store Retail and Service Excellence Award for a fourth year in a row...