26 July 2024 U.S. Navy to Christen Guided-Missile Destroyer Future USS Patrick Gallagher The Navy will christen the future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127), during an 11:00 EST ceremony Saturday, July 27, in Bath, Maine.The Honorable Sean Fleming, Ireland’s Minister of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs (International Development and Diaspora), will deliver the principal
26 July 2024 Navy Focuses on Shipbuilding, Restoring Capacity to Build With maritime statecraft in mind and building on the Secretary of the Navy’s prioritization of shipbuilding, the Navy is establishing a Direct Reporting Program Manager for Maritime Industrial Base (DRPM-MIB) next month. This role will help to oversee investments in ship and submarine...
25 July 2024 Eye on The Pacific: Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific Celebrates 60 Years of Supporting the Nation’s Nuclear Deterrence Mission SILVERDALE, Wash. - Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC) celebrated 60 years of service to its country and people by hosting a gala at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Plaza July 20, 2024...
25 July 2024 George Washington, Ronald Reagan Conduct Hull Swap SAN DIEGO – Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS George Washington (CVN 73) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct a hull swap on Naval Air Station North Island that sends Ronald Reagan to Bremerton, Washington, and returns George Washington to Yokosuka, Japan, as the Navy’s only...
25 July 2024 NAVCENT Units Awarded Navy Unit Commendation MANAMA, Bahrain — The Secretary of the Navy recently awarded the Navy Unit Commendation (NUC) to several units assigned to or operating within U.S. Naval Forces Central Command...
24 July 2024 US-ROK IAMD Tabletop Academy 2024 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Center hosted the fifth United States-Republic of Korea (ROK) Tabletop Academy (KTTA), marking a significant step in strengthening ROK-U.S. defense cooperation. The event, held from July 8 to 19, brought...
24 July 2024 Navy Week Charts Course to Chicago August 5-11 MILLINGTON, Tenn. — The Navy Week program returns to the city of Chicago for the fifth time since the creation of the program in 2005...
24 July 2024 Navy Demonstrates ‘Game-Changing’ System to Rearm Warships at Sea PORT HUENEME, Calif. - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) successfully conducted the first land-based demonstration of the Transferrable Rearming Mechanism (TRAM), which will enable U.S. Navy surface combatants to reload missile canisters into their MK 41 Vertical...
24 July 2024 Türkiye Assumes Command of Combined Maritime Forces’ Combined Task Force 151 from Brazil MANAMA, Bahrain – The Turkish Navy assumed command of Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) counter-piracy focused task force during a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, July 24...
24 July 2024 NAVSUP Business Systems Center Recognizes Employee Excellence, Achievements MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – Eighty-one Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC) employees were recognized for their exemplary performance of duties and commitment to Navy civilian service during a ceremony, July 18, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania...