26 October 2020 7th Fleet Staff Join 12th Marine Regiment for Live Fire Exercise Staff members from U.S. 7th Fleet visited Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji to learn about equipment and concepts associated with emergent Expeditionary Advanced Base operations...
26 October 2020 Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 Gets Battle “E” Award The “Blackhawks” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 were presented the prestigious Battle Efficiency, or Battle “E” award...
25 October 2020 USS America Conducts Integrated Operations With Japanese F-35s The first-in-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) participated in advanced combined operations with Japan this week in the western Pacific Ocean...
24 October 2020 USNS Laramie Joins USS Ross in the Barents Sea The Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO-203) rendezvoused with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) in the Barents Sea, Oct. 22...
24 October 2020 Rear Adm. James Butler Takes Helm of Reserve Naval Information Warfare Force Naval Information Force Reserve (CNIFR) holds a change of command ceremony at CNIFR headquarters on Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Oct. 24...
23 October 2020 COVID-19 Special Leave Accrual – What You Need to Know Each year, all active-duty service members earn 30 days of leave. Normally at the end of each fiscal year, any unused leave exceeding 60 days is lost. This year is different...
23 October 2020 A Seaman to Admiral Story A former enlisted SEAL puts on an admiral’s star -- realizing the late Adm. Mike Boorda's dream for Sailors...
23 October 2020 New Equipment Improves Fleet Readiness Center East Support of Critical V-22 Component New test equipment at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) has positioned the facility to help alleviate one of the top degraders to V-22 Osprey readiness. The new test stand, which checks the functionality of the V-22 swashplate actuator, cuts testing time in half to produce “ready for issue”...
23 October 2020 Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic Personnel Assist Ford with Maintenance Training USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) hosted members from Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic’s (CNAL) maintenance and material management training team (3MTT) while in-port Naval Station Norfolk, Oct. 20–23...
23 October 2020 Navy Gives Facelift to Operational Risk Management Courses The Navy has given their Operational Risk Management (ORM) courses a facelift and I believe you will be pleased with the new look. Before getting frustrated with yet another mandatory general military training-type requirement, let me add first and foremost, that these are not new requirements but...