04 February 2021 Lightning Strikes Again Onboard USS America USS America (LHA 6), the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, is at sea this month operating with F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121.“Operating the F-35B from our most advanced ship in the America Strike Group brings an extraordinary...
04 February 2021 Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Completes Emergent Maintenance Availability on USS O’Kane Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) completed an emergent maintenance availability for USS O’Kane (DDG 77) five days early on Jan. 22. The work repaired failures that prevented the ship from getting underway to conduct a mission essential exercise...
04 February 2021 Public Works Department New Orleans Electrician Awarded Civilian Service Achievement Medal Public Works Department New Orleans Electrician Robert O'Donnell receives the Navy Civilian Service Achievement Medal for his efforts in restoring power to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans during a six day power outage caused by Hurricane Zeta in October 2020...
04 February 2021 Submarine Force Establishes New Additional Qualification Designation Commander, Submarine Forces (SUBFOR), established a new undersea warfare tactics instructor additional qualification designation (AQD) to identify and track top talent officers, Jan. 26...
04 February 2021 TRF Kings Bay Provides Superior Support to Submarine Force Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay (TRF-KB) continues to successfully execute its mission during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing superior support to the Submarine Force with on-time execution of major milestones...
04 February 2021 NPS-Led Research Reveals Greater Abundance of Life Under Arctic Ice Than Previously Thought For the longest time, scientists have written off there being much life below the Arctic sea ice. Surely not enough sunlight would be able to get through the snow and ice to sustain an abundance of life. Additionally, satellites can’t see through the ice, and it was difficult for scientists...
04 February 2021 Nimitz Carrier Group Sails Into Indo-Pacific Command The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is departing the Central Command area of responsibility and moving into the U.S. Indo-Pacific region, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby announced Feb. 2...
04 February 2021 Secretary of Defense Orders Military Stand-down to Address Challenge of Extremism in Ranks A Department of Defense-wide stand down will occur over the next 60 days so that each service, command and unit can take the time to have needed discussions about extremism in the ranks, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said Feb. 3...
04 February 2021 U.S., U.K., Saudi Navies Complete Exercise Nautical Defender 21 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (Jan. 29, 2021) – Forces assigned to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), UK Maritime Component Command (UKMCC) and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) conducted tri-lateral maritime exercise Nautical Defender 21 (ND 21) in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 20-29...
03 February 2021 7th Fleet Destroyer transits Taiwan Strait The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Feb. 4...