14 January 2021 USS Mount Whitney Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence The U.S. Sixth Fleet flag ship, Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), celebrated its 50th birthday with a small ceremony in Gaeta, Italy, Jan. 14...
14 January 2021 SWORD 7: Optimizing Radiation Detection for Homeland Security, DoD The SoftWare for Optimization of Radiation Detectors is a new NRL-developed software suite that provides users a powerful and flexible tool to quickly and accurately model highly complex nuclear detection scenarios...
14 January 2021 USS Porter Begins Ninth FNDF-E Patrol The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, on its ninth Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol, Jan. 12...
14 January 2021 Fleet Manning is Now the Highest Since 2015 - CNP Tells Surface Navy Association Symposium Chief of Naval Personnel has re-dedicated the nearly 20,000 MyNavy HR personnel to the task of making sure the fleet has enough sailors to meet its missions, stating that his first strategic goal in 2021 is to "Build a Navy that Can Fight and Win." ...
14 January 2021 Pensacola Training Staff Start to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine PENSACOLA, Fla. – Staff at Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) began receiving their first COVID-19 vaccination at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Jan. 13...
14 January 2021 Elevated Equipment: DoD Awards $50 Million for Defense-Related Scientific Research The Department of Defense (DoD) recently awarded $50 million in grants to 150 university scientists—54 of whom are sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR)—via the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)...
13 January 2021 USS Ronald Reagan Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), began receiving initial COVID-19 vaccinations at Command Fleet Activities, Yokosuka (CFAY), Jan. 7...
13 January 2021 NPS Launches Naval Warfare Studies Institute to Expedite Fleet Warfighting Solutions The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently launched a new organization to expedite the Navy’s ability to access the university’s immense talent and resources in taking on its most complex warfighting issues...
12 January 2021 Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Leadership Receives COVID-19 Vaccine Rear Adm. Joseph DiGuardo, Commander Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) received the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 11...
12 January 2021 Meritorious Advancement Program Updates for Navy Reserve Sailors Commander, Navy Reserve Force (CNRF) has released ALNAVRESFOR 001/21, announcing the latest changes and improvements to the Navy Reserve’s Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP-R)...