17 February 2021 COVID-19 Vaccinations Start at Naval Support Facility Redzikowo Medical personnel assigned to the Navy’s newest shore installation, Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo, Poland, began the process of inoculating the base’s Sailors and civilians with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 13, 2021...
16 February 2021 7th Fleet Destroyer conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea On Feb. 17 (local time) USS Russell (DDG 59) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Spratly Islands, consistent with international law...
16 February 2021 NAVFAC Atlantic Environmental Team Recognized for Seal (Pinniped) Haul-out Count Research The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic “Seal (Pinniped) Haul-out Count” Team recently received the National Military Fish and Wildlife Association’s (NMFWA) Military Natural Resource Conservation Research Award for their research efforts...
16 February 2021 15th MEU Supports Operation Inherent Resolve from Makin Island ARG The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) began air operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), Feb. 13...
16 February 2021 Winston S. Churchill Seizes Illicit Weapons from Two Dhows off Somalia The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) seized illicit shipments of weapons and weapons components from two stateless dhows during a maritime security operation in international waters off the coast of Somalia, Feb. 11-12...
16 February 2021 U.S. Navy Issues Standardized Operational Guidance 4.0 The Navy issued COVID-19 Standardized Operational Guidance (SOG) Version 4.0 to combat the coronavirus pandemic with NAVADMIN 037/21 Feb. 16...
13 February 2021 Italian Navy Aircraft Carrier ITS Cavour Arrives at Naval Station Norfolk NORFOLK, Va. - The Italian Navy flagship, the aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550), arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Feb 13 for a series of operations alongside U.S. military assets to attain the Italian Navy’s “Ready for Operations” certification to safely land and launch F-35B aircraft...
13 February 2021 Ships of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations NORFOLK, VA – USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE CSG) carrier strike group ships will start receiving the first dosage of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination starting today through Feb 17...
12 February 2021 Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Receives COVID-19 Vaccine Before Deployment USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) Sailors will receive their first dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine Feb. 13, while the ships are pier side at Naval Station Norfolk...
12 February 2021 Secretary Austin Announces Members of Base-Naming Commission Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today the Defense Department's representatives to the Congressionally-mandated commission on the naming of items in the department that commemorate the Confederacy...