15 January 2021 Navy Names Future Vessel to Honor Muscogee Creek Nation A future U.S. Navy Navajo-class towing, salvage, and rescue ship will be named USNS Muscogee Creek Nation (T-ATS 10) to honor the self-governed Native American tribe located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma...
15 January 2021 Frontline Workers at NAVSTA Rota Begin Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, personnel began receiving the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Rota, Spain, Jan 15. The hospital began administering the vaccine to personnel on a voluntary basis, using a phased prioritization strategy implemented by the...
15 January 2021 San Antonio, Carter Hall Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Pierside Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 11 while pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, marking the first time a large group of personnel received vaccines outside of a Military Treatment Facility...
15 January 2021 Naval Station Rota Receives Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccine U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Rota, Spain accepted delivery of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, Jan. 15...
15 January 2021 CNO, MCPON Visit Bahrain, Meet With Bahrain Senior Leadership, Sailors Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith traveled to Manama, Bahrain, Jan. 13-14 to meet with senior Bahrain leadership as well as forward-deployed Sailors in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations...
14 January 2021 USS Mount Whitney Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence The U.S. Sixth Fleet flag ship, Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), celebrated its 50th birthday with a small ceremony in Gaeta, Italy, Jan. 14...
14 January 2021 SWORD 7: Optimizing Radiation Detection for Homeland Security, DoD The SoftWare for Optimization of Radiation Detectors is a new NRL-developed software suite that provides users a powerful and flexible tool to quickly and accurately model highly complex nuclear detection scenarios...
14 January 2021 USS Porter Begins Ninth FNDF-E Patrol The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, on its ninth Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol, Jan. 12...
14 January 2021 Fleet Manning is Now the Highest Since 2015 - CNP Tells Surface Navy Association Symposium Chief of Naval Personnel has re-dedicated the nearly 20,000 MyNavy HR personnel to the task of making sure the fleet has enough sailors to meet its missions, stating that his first strategic goal in 2021 is to "Build a Navy that Can Fight and Win." ...
14 January 2021 Pensacola Training Staff Start to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine PENSACOLA, Fla. – Staff at Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) began receiving their first COVID-19 vaccination at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Jan. 13...