23 February 2021 FRCE makes huge gains in high-priority backorders When it comes to meeting the needs of the warfighter, Fleet Readiness Center East has made great strides in focusing efforts on critical needs and reducing the wait for high-priority items. By incorporating process changes and data visualization tools, the facility has reduced accountable backorders...
23 February 2021 Pacific-Based Marines, Navy Complete Integrated Training for Joint Exercise III Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise 21, a joint exercise that further enhanced the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to respond to crises or contingencies, concluded February 12. During MEFEX, III MEF in direct coordination with U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet conducted realistic training at each echelon...
23 February 2021 NSWC Corona Scientist Awarded $300K Research Grant for Measurement Technology A Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona Division scientist was awarded a $300,000 grant to help blast his research from a laboratory in California's Inland Empire to all corners of the Department of Defense (DOD)...
22 February 2021 Naval Air Force Atlantic demonstrates UAS prototype Naval Air Force Atlantic conducted a test of a logistics Unmanned Air System prototype over Naval Station Norfolk on Feb. 21, 2021. The long-range cargo transport, dubbed Blue Water UAS, is designed to operate with Naval Forces that typically operate in heavy winds over open water and require...
22 February 2021 NPS to Launch New Maritime Security Certificate Supporting Naval Strategies With the recent release of the Tri-Service Maritime Strategy Advantage at Sea and the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Navigation Plan – strategies for the Navy to project power and sea control amid competition – the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is building a new in-resident maritime security...
22 February 2021 U.S. Navy Seabees Continued Support to Ukraine Armed Forces Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 Detail Ukraine continues Exercise Related Construction (ERC) operations in support of Exercise Sea Breeze...
22 February 2021 US Forces, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Participate in Resilient Shield 2021 U.S. and Japan Self Defense Force will participate in Resilient Shield 2021 February 22-26, at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan, and other command centers throughout the region.Resilient Shield is an annual computer-based Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint (FST-J) exercise focused on...
20 February 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams visits Cape Town to Strengthen Bilateral Ties The US Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Cape Town, South Africa on Feb. 20, 2021 for a planned port visit. The visit builds on U.S. maritime partnerships with African nations and improves maritime safety and security in the region...
19 February 2021 USS Curtis Wilbur Conducts Tri-lateral Replenishment-at-Sea with Japan and France The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Towada-class replenishment ship JS Hamana (AOE-424) and the French Floréal-class light frigate FNS Prairial to conduct a tri-lateral replenishment-at-sea (RAS), Feb. 19...
19 February 2021 FRCE inducts first F-35B for laser peening modification Fleet Readiness Center East marked a milestone with the induction of the first F-35B Lightning II aircraft to undergo laser peening modifications, and leaders anticipate the new workload will keep the facility engaged for the next several years...