13 May 2021 Rear Admiral Bruce Gillingham Honors LCDR Matthew Hall as the 2021 Navy Hero of Military Medicine FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, presented Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Hall with the 2021 Navy Hero of Military Medicine Award for his significant contributions in the fight against the novel Coronavirus, May 6, 2021...
13 May 2021 USS John C. Stennis departed Norfolk for Newport News to begin RCOH NORFOLK, Va. – The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) departed Naval Station Norfolk and transited to Newport News Shipyard May 6, to begin its nearly 4-year Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) maintenance period...
13 May 2021 U.S. Marine Corps Jets Participate in Royal Navy Training NORTH SEA - U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participated in training with the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), off the coast of Scotland on May 10, 2021...
12 May 2021 NECF Protects the Fleet, Joint, and Combined Forces Across the Continuum of Great Power Competition, Crisis, and Conflict SAN DIEGO - Navy warships and auxiliary support vessels are inherently more vulnerable when moored or transiting into and out of ports and harbors than while transiting at sea. The Navy Expeditionary Combat Force (NECF), including the Maritime Expeditionary Security Force (MESF), Intelligence...
12 May 2021 PTDO UNSECNAV receives National Order of Merit and rank of Knight from France PTDO UNSECNAV received the French National Order of Merit, with the rank of Knight, during a decoration ceremony at the French Embassy May 11...
12 May 2021 USS Harry S. Truman Departs Norfolk Naval Shipyard PORTSMOUTH, Va - Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departed Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, May 12, following the conclusion of the first of its kind, Extended Carrier Incremental Availability, conducted there...
12 May 2021 HURREX/Citadel Gale 2021 Expands Emergency Response Training With winds whipping up faster than the speed limit on the highway, the danger of a hurricane can turn into destruction quickly...
12 May 2021 US and Jamaica Conduct Bi-lateral Maritime Exercise in Caribbean CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) and Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard patrol vessel HMJS George William Gordon conducted a bi-lateral maritime exercise in the Caribbean Sea, May 8...
12 May 2021 Forward-Deployed ESG 7 Changes Command OKINAWA, Japan - Rear Adm. Chris Engdahl assumed command of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7/Task Force (CTF) 76 from Rear Adm. Fred Kacher during a change of command ceremony at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, May 12...
11 May 2021 Information Warfare Commander Holds Change of Command Ceremony at Historic Pennsylvania House NORFOLK, Va. - Carrier Strike Group 12’s (CSG-12) Information Warfare Commander (IWC) held its first change of command ceremony at the historic Pennsylvania House, on board Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, May 6...