25 February 2021 Austin Praises Nimitz Carrier Strike Group for Record-Breaking Deployment Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III flew out to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the coast of California to thank the crew for a record-setting deployment in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Central Command areas of responsibility...
25 February 2021 Navy EOD shows CNO Unmanned Capabilities of Navy Expeditionary Combat Force Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday visited components of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 1 at Naval Base Point Loma, Calif., Feb. 23, to learn how the Navy Expeditionary Combat Force (NECF) is utilizing and developing unmanned system (UMS) capabilities that enable the fleet and...
25 February 2021 Navy College Program Sunsets Mobile App, Transitions to DANTES MilEd Benefits App On 26 Feb., the Navy College Program (NCP) mobile app will sunset and Sailors will need to transition to the DANTES (Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support) MilEd Benefits mobile app for detailed education information and support...
25 February 2021 Navy Central Command Exercises Air Defense Capabilities With Army, Air Force Counterparts The guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) and guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) participated in Joint Air Defense Exercise (JADEX) 21-01 alongside forces from U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT) and U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) in the Gulf of Oman, Feb. 17-19...
24 February 2021 NAVWAR Reserve Program Welcomes New Director Capt. David Barnes relieved Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Reserve Program (NWRP) Director Capt. Matthew Hahn in a virtual Change of Charge ceremony Feb. 20 at NAVWAR Headquarters in San Diego...
24 February 2021 DOD Selects NPS to Advance Research in Environmental Resilience and Surprise The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) has awarded the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) funding to begin a new research project, titled “Advancing Resilience Theory and Tools to Combat Environmental Surprise,” focused on developing new...
24 February 2021 An Unseen Adversary: USS Ronald Reagan’s Unprecedented Fight Against COVID-19 USS Ronald Reagan’s Unprecedented Fight Against COVID-19...
24 February 2021 ONR Reserve Component Welcomes New Commander The Office of Naval Research Reserve Component saw its new commander sworn in Feb. 22: Capt. Michael Van Poots, a decorated submarine officer and naval engineer...
24 February 2021 USNS Carson City Arrives in Port Sudan The Military Sealift Command (MSC) expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (EPF 7) arrived in Port Sudan, Sudan for a port visit, Feb. 24, 2021...
23 February 2021 CNO in San Diego, Meets with Project Overmatch Team on Fleet Modernization The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) met with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) top leaders and engineering experts Feb. 22 at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific in San Diego, to discuss a project aimed at integrating sensors, platforms and weapons to provide decision...