15 March 2021 Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Discusses Quantum Reform of the Metric System MONTEREY, Calif. - Nobel Prize recipient Dr. William Phillips, a pioneer of atomic timekeeping used by the Navy, spoke virtually to Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students, faculty and staff on the topic of “Quantum Reform of the Metric System” and how the frontiers of metrology are important to...
15 March 2021 CTF 73, JMSDF Work Together to Strengthen Logistics Interchangeability in Indo-Pacific SINGAPORE – The U.S. Navy routinely conducts cooperative underway replenishments with partner nations throughout the 7th Fleet area of operations and one of the closest of those partners is the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)...
15 March 2021 First At-Sea Aircraft Carrier F135 Engine Power Module Proof-of-Concept Vertical Replenishment PACIFIC OCEAN – The Navy took another critical step forward in the future of the F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighter on March 6...
15 March 2021 VP-46 Coordinated Operations in the Black Sea BLACK SEA - Operating alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) and USS Porter (DDG-78), two Turkish frigates, the TCG Orucreis (F-245) and TCG Turgutreis (F-241), and two Turkish F-16 fighters, the Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 “Grey Knights,” participated in...
15 March 2021 USS Porter Completes Ninth FDND-E Patrol ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) returned to Rota, Spain, March 14 after completing its ninth Forward-Deployed Naval Forces Europe patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations. During the patrol, Porter completed operations in the Mediterranean...
15 March 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams conducts Interoperability training with Italian Navy ATLANTIC OCEAN - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) was joined by the Italian Navy’s Carlo Bergamini-class frigate Luigi Rizzo (F 595) off the western coast of Africa March 11, 2021...
15 March 2021 NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Supports Aviation Logistics During Airfield Closure VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk recently established a logistics response cell (LRC) at Naval Air Station Oceana to avoid any disruption in the flow of aviation parts and supplies resulting from a four-month airfield closure intended to renovate and resurface the...
13 March 2021 Blue Angels Conclude Winter Training, depart NAF El Centro NAF EL CENTRO, Calif. – The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels successfully completed winter training onboard Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro at the conclusion of the Festival of Flight, March 13, 2021...
13 March 2021 USS San Diego Returns to Sea MANAMA, Bahrain – The amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), returned to sea fully mission capable, Mar. 11...
12 March 2021 First Female Italian Navy Strike Fighter Pilot Earns Wings of Gold The Italian navy’s first female strike fighter pilot received her Wings of Gold after completing undergraduate flight training with the “Tigers” of Training Squadron (VT) 9 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Mississippi, March 11...