09 December 2020 Navy Announces Aerial Vehicle Operator Warrant Officer Specialty The Navy announced a new warrant officer specialty designator whose job will be to operate carrier-based MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial vehicles, which are expected to start appearing in fleet carrier air wings sometime in 2024...
09 December 2020 Marine Corps Assistant Commandant Explores Emerging Concepts, Capabilities at Naval Postgraduate School On a trip to observe emerging technologies in practice, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Gary Thomas, accompanied by five other general officers, visited the Naval Postgraduate School Dec. 9, to engage directly with university faculty and students from key labs and institutes about the...
09 December 2020 Naval Postgraduate School Creating Virtual Undersea Environments to Advance Underwater Autonomy With undersea warfare remaining a key domain for U.S. defense strategies, the ability to map and navigate the depths of the world’s oceans becomes increasingly essential to maintaining an advantage. Responsive to the Navy’s emerging technological needs, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is...
09 December 2020 Navy Announces Upcoming Advancement Cycle Dates for Selected Reserve NAVADMIN 314/20 announced the Navy-wide advancement exam (NWAE) administration dates for Selected Reserve (SELRES) E-4 through E-7 candidates for the upcoming February 2021 advancement cycle (Cycle 108)...
09 December 2020 Shore Enterprise Welcomes Aboard Public Safety Systems Team Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) is now home to the Navy Public Safety Systems program...
09 December 2020 NAVCENT Commander Addresses Maritime Security at Regional Summit Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), participated in the 16th Regional Security Summit of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue 2020, Dec. 4-6...
09 December 2020 Strengthening Ties: Reserve FAO Program Strengthens U.S. Partnerships Leaving the customs checkpoint of the Madrid International Airport, the sights and sounds of the second largest air terminal in Spain seemed to welcome Lt. Cmdr. Justin Dargan to his latest Reserve assignment as a Foreign Area Officer (FAO). The cuts of jamón ibérico hanging overhead in airport...
09 December 2020 US Navy Adds Two Tech Bridges to Network WASHINGTON, DC – Mr. James “Hondo” Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, announced the stand up of two additional Tech Bridges, one in the Panama City, FL and one in Honolulu, HI on Dec 9th...
07 December 2020 Asst. SECNAV for Energy, Installations, Environment Visits Overseas Installations Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations & Environment Charles Williams visited U.S. Central Command and Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central areas of responsibility Dec. 1-4...
07 December 2020 USS Ralph Johnson Conducts Maritime Interdiction in North Arabian Sea The guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), deployed to U.S. Fifth Fleet and operating in support of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), interdicted a shipment of more than 2,000lbs (900kgs) of suspected narcotics from a stateless dhow in the international waters of the Arabian Sea,...