31 March 2021 A Sailor’s Life: Hershel “Woody” Williams Circumnavigates the African Continent ATLANTIC OCEAN - For most ships in the U.S. Navy fleet, portions of their crew will be on their first deployment. The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) is no exception to that, where a large bulk of the crew deployed for the first time...
30 March 2021 Reserve Force Celebrates 128th Birthday of the Chief WASHINGTON - Fellow shipmates, for 128 years, Navy commanders have depended upon those within the Chiefs Mess for expertise in both leadership and operations. This holds true today, more than ever. ...
30 March 2021 DON Has Another DoD SAQ Award Winner – Philly SeaGlide Team The Naval STEM Coordination Office Executive introduces the latest Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Outreach Advocate of the Quarter (SAQ) Award recipients...
30 March 2021 Reserve Sailors Return to Birthplace to Support Naval Exercise, Share Origins of Success TEMA, Ghana - Obangame Express (OE21) is an annual naval interoperability exercise hosted by a rotating roster of West African nations in the Gulf of Guinea that was held in Accra, Ghana this year from March 14-27, 2021. This was the first multinational exercise of this magnitude on the African...
30 March 2021 Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 Divers Train for Any Future Arctic Operations VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Camp Ripley, the sprawling Army base in northern Minnesota, is impressive...
30 March 2021 Naval Air Facility EL Centro Completes Second Round of COVID-19 Vaccinations EL CENTRO, Calif - The second round of shots follows NAF El Centro’s initial vaccinations, which started on March 4...
30 March 2021 USS Gabrielle Giffords Successfully Launches Naval Strike Missile PACIFIC OCEAN – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully launched the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as part of shipboard operational testing and evaluation, March 19...
30 March 2021 Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract Solicitation Open Until April 19 After hosting virtual Industry Days on Feb. 9 and Feb. 10, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) posted its official request for proposal (RFP) on March 2, for the Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract (WEXMAC)...
30 March 2021 5th Fleet Reaches Nearly 13,000 COVID-19 Vaccines Administered U.S. 5th Fleet has reached nearly 13,000 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines administered during a fleet-wide effort to protect the force, as of March 28...
30 March 2021 USS Blue Ridge Operates with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force U.S. 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) operated with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) JS Kongo (DDG 173), March 29, 2021 as a test of the partner nation’s combined maritime skills and intercommunication capabilities...