21 August 2020 NAVWAR Welcomes New Commander, Rear Admiral Douglas Small SAN DIEGO – Rear Admiral Douglas Small relieved Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Commander Rear Admiral Christian Becker in a virtual Change of Command ceremony Aug. 21 at NAVWAR Headquarters in San Diego...
20 August 2020 CHAMPION, SCOUT, ARDENT Decommission After Distinguished Service Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships USS Champion (MCM 4), USS Scout (MCM 8) and USS Ardent (MCM 12) recognized nearly 30 years of naval service during decommissioning ceremonies onboard Naval Base San Diego this week...
12 August 2020 USS Porter Changes Command The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) held a change of command ceremony aboard the ship at Naval Station Rota, Spain, Aug. 12, 2020...
11 August 2020 USS Stennis (CVN 74) with Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW 9) and USS Boxer (LHD 4) with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) receive Admiral Flatley Memorial Award for Aviation Safety The Navy annually recognizes one aircraft carrier and one amphibious ship with its attached air wing (CVW) and Marine expeditionary unit (MEU), respectively, with the Admiral Flatley Memorial Award for Aviation Safety. This year’s recipients are USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) with CVW 9 and USS Boxer...
09 August 2020 Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Returns from Deployment USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) carrier strike group returned home to Norfolk Naval Station Aug. 9 after seven months operating in 5th and 6th Fleet...
06 August 2020 Europe’s Top Admiral Visits Critical Naval Air Station in Italy Adm. Robert P. Burke, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (CNE-CNA) and commander, Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples, visited Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy, for his first regional familiarization visit, Aug. 6, 2020...
05 August 2020 NAVWAR Names New Executive Director Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) welcomed John Pope as the command’s new executive director, Aug. 3, 2020.Pope succeeded Pat Sullivan, who retired July 31, after 29 years of civil service to NAVWAR, the U.S. Navy and the Nation...
04 August 2020 U.S. Forces Participate in Canadian Operation NANOOK The guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) joins the U.S. Coast Guard and several allied navies in the maritime component of Operation NANOOK-TUUGAALIK 2020...
03 August 2020 Naval Information Warfare Systems Command Names New Executive Director Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) welcomed John Pope as the command’s new executive director, August 3, 2020...
03 August 2020 Kitchener Assumes Command of Pacific Fleet Surface Force Vice Adm. Roy I. Kitchener relieved Vice Adm. Richard Brown as Commander, Naval Surface Forces (COMNAVSURFOR) and Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVSURFPAC) during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Aug. 3.Recommended for promotion to vice...