27 May 2021 USS San Antonio Arrives in Souda Bay, Greece SOUDA BAY, Greece - The amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17), operating as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group (IWOARG), arrived in Souda Bay, Greece, May 27...
27 May 2021 U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Conduct Joint Service Training PACIFIC OCEAN - During a series of tactical training exercises, Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron 3 (MPSRON 3), Coastal Riverine Group 1, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, and U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam refined some of their operational skills during joint service training near Guam April...
27 May 2021 USS Roosevelt Participates in Flag Hoist Drill During At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield ATLANTIC OCEAN - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) participated in a flag hoist drill during At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021, May 25, 2021...
27 May 2021 U.S. Navy destroyer joins French Carrier Strike Group in the Mediterranean MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) joined French Navy Charles de Gaulle Strike Group (CDG CSG), May 26, 2021 in the Mediterranean in support of joint operations and interoperability training, demonstrating mutual commitment to stability...
27 May 2021 A Ceremony to Remember – USS Ross Sailor Reaffirms his Baptism in the Faroe Islands NORTH SEA - Splitting the distance between Iceland and Norway, about four degrees latitude south of the arctic circle, there sits a small, remote archipelago named the Faroe Islands. These islands, an autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark, host a community known for its sheep and...
26 May 2021 Navy Administers One Million Vaccines since the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic FALLS CHURCH, Va. - As of May 26, 2021, Navy Medicine providers have administered more than 1,000,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Sailors, Marines, DoD civilians and beneficiaries at 65 medical and 13 operational Navy sites around the world. Over half of active-duty Navy personnel have been fully immunized...
26 May 2021 CNP Thanks Ft. McCoy Army Personnel during Congressional Testimony During congressional testimony before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. John Nowell thanked Army leadership at Fort McCoy for successfully fulfilling an agreement made in early 2020 to allow Navy recruits to conduct their 14-day COVID-19 waiting...
26 May 2021 NAVFAC Southeast CIO receives Meritorius Civilian Service Award JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast Command Information Officer Andrea Freeman received the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service award for her outstanding support to the command's infrastructure cybersecurity resilience and providing top-notch IT...
26 May 2021 Navy Advancement Results for E-4 through E-6 Delayed Due to COVID-19 PENSACOLA, Fla. — As Memorial Day approaches every year, it is customary for the Navy to release E-4 through E-6 total force advancement results for more than 90,000 eligible candidates on active duty, full-time support (FTS) and in the Selected Reserve (SELRES). This year, like the last, results...
26 May 2021 Commander, Naval Forces Europe and Commander, Naval Forces North Conduct Wargame at U.S. Naval War College NEWPORT, R.I. - More than 75 representatives from 12 U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps commands took part in a U.S. Naval War College-hosted war game focused on maritime command and control in the Atlantic in a plausible crisis scenario, May 10-14. The Trans-Atlantic Maritime Command and Control...