20 May 2021 Joint Force Command Norfolk Kicks off Part 1 of NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2021 ATLANTIC OCEAN - A dynamic NATO maritime live exercise (LIVEX) has begun off the coast of Portugal with participation from 11 Allied Nations from North America and Europe as a part of Steadfast Defender 2021, May 20...
20 May 2021 NIWC Pacific ND1 Aaron Gruber Named U.S. Navy Shore Sailor of the Year SAN DIEGO - Navy Diver First Class (ND1) Aaron Gruber, of the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific Littoral Dive Unit, has been selected as the Navy Shore Sailor of the Year (SOY) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020...
20 May 2021 USFFC Fleet Vaccination Cell: ‘Vaccines Readily Available, Still Extremely Important’ NORFOLK, Va. - U.S. Fleet Forces Command’s Fleet Vaccination Cell (FVC) announced this week that the current availability of vaccines at military treatment facilities (MTF) is in the thousands, and they are still urging unvaccinated Sailors to take advantage of increased availability...
20 May 2021 NPS Hosts “Ask an Astronaut” Connecting Military Children with Space Veterans MONTEREY, Calif. - In honor of Month of the Military Child, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) hosted “Ask an Astronaut” giving the children of Monterey County service members an opportunity to pose questions to a panel of three former NASA astronauts, broadcast via live stream, Apr. 29...
20 May 2021 NPS Students Use Big Ideas Exchange to Advance Readiness and Mobility MONTEREY, Calif. - The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) hosted its annual Big Ideas Exchange (BIX), May 14, with six students – U.S. Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force officers – presenting innovative research involving artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous systems and more that aimed...
20 May 2021 7th Fleet conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation On May 20 (local time), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law...
19 May 2021 SURFLANT N44 Hosts Full Power Training Symposium NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - In order to educate shipboard engineering teams about best practices during full power evolutions, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, (SURFLANT) hosted a Waterfront Symposium on the topic May 17-18, aboard Naval Station Norfolk...
19 May 2021 2021 Professional Development Symposium Continues to Innovate NORFOLK, Va. - The Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center (NAVSAFENVTRACEN) hosted the 29th Annual Joint Safety and Environmental Professional Development Symposium (PDS) April 19-23...
19 May 2021 Deputy CNO for Operations and Strategy Explores NPS, Warfighter Solutions MONTEREY, Calif. - Vice Adm. Philip Sawyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy (N3/N5), and Flag Sponsor for the Navy Foreign Affairs Officer (FAO) community, visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Apr. 29, to observe the institution’s interdisciplinary...
19 May 2021 Navy Senior Chief Shares Education Journey, Advises Sailors to Take Advantage of Education Opportunities PENSACOLA, Fla. - A senior chief assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), is sharing his personal education journey with Sailors and giving advice from lessons learned along the way...