01 June 2020 Navy Announces Call for FY21 Seaman to Admiral Applications The annual call for applications to the 2021 Seaman to Admiral program, known as STA-21, is on the streets. This year's board will meet in mid-September...
01 June 2020 7th Fleet Commander Visits USS Ronald Reagan Vice Adm. Bill Merz, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, visited USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), May 30...
28 May 2020 New Commanding Officer Joins USS Columbus The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbus (SSN 762) conducted a change of command, May 22.Cmdr. Jonathan Ahlstrom relieved Cmdr. Peter French as commanding officer of Columbus, which is homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is currently in overhaul in Newport News, Virginia...
22 May 2020 National Maritime Day: Merchant Mariners of Military Sealift Command National Maritime Day is celebrated each year to recognize one of our country's most important industries, and honor the sacrifices of past and present U.S. merchant mariners...
21 May 2020 USS Ronald Reagan Marks Fifth Year of Service as Part of U.S. Forward Deployed Naval Forces The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is underway serving as America's strongest symbol of resolve, navigating the global pandemic as its mission endures, in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific...
19 May 2020 CSG-10 Bids Farewell to Schlise, Welcomes McLane during Change of Command at Sea Rear Adm. Brendan McLane relieved Rear Adm. Paul Schlise as commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 during a ceremony aboard the CSG’s flagship, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) (CVN 69) while the ship is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO), May 19...
18 May 2020 RDML Pyle Takes Charge at Navy Warfare Development Command Rear Admiral Fred I. Pyle is the new commander at Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC). Pyle succeeds RADM John F. Meier, who is now Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT), Norfolk, Va. Meier served as NWDC commander since July 2019...
14 May 2020 USS Donald Cook Applies Lessons for Second Trip to Arctic The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile Aegis destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) recently concluded operations in the Barents Sea as part of a second mission above the Arctic Circle, May 11, 2020...
12 May 2020 Puget Sound Teams Fast-Track Biocontainment Prototype for COVID-19 Testing Two teams at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility worked to quickly design and manufacture prototype containment hoods critical for COVID-19 testing aboard Navy ships...
11 May 2020 America's Shipyard is Open for Business With its long-standing motto of "Any Ship, Anytime, Anywhere," Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) has long prided itself on the versatility, availability, and scope of its work, and those qualities are continuing to ring true during the COVID-19 pandemic...