25 March 2022 U.S. 3rd Fleet Hosts RIMPAC Final Planning Conference PEARL HARBOR - Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet hosted the final planning conference (FPC) for Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2022 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, March 21-24...
24 March 2022 Secretary Del Toro Completes First Visit to Europe WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro traveled to Europe March 14 – 22 to visit forward deployed Sailors and Marines and meet with foreign dignitaries to emphasize his guiding principles to include strengthening maritime dominance, empowering our people, and strengthening strategic...
23 March 2022 U.S. and Ecuador Strengthen Ties on Land and at Sea EQUADOR - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) and the Ecuadorian Coast Guard conducted a bilateral maritime interdiction exercise off the coast of Manta, Ecuador, March 21, 2022...
23 March 2022 A Legacy of Service - President Bush’s Former Chief of Staff and the U.S. Navy’s Air Boss visit George H.W. Bush NAVAL STATION NORFOLK -- President George H.W. Bush’s post-presidency chief of staff Jean Becker and Commander, Naval Air Forces Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell visited the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) on March 21, 2022. The visit to the ship followed a local gala...
21 March 2022 Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces Lead Joint Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations During Fleet Battle Problem 22-1 CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces (NECF) operated alongside the United States Marine Corps (USMC) off the coast of Camp Lejeune to conduct Fleet Battle Problem (FBP) 22-1 March 16-21...
18 March 2022 A Centennial of Achievement PACIFIC OCEAN. – It started as an ambitious experiment. Cmdr. Kenneth Whiting, a respected naval aviator, initiated the idea to convert a cargo ship into a vessel able “to take planes around with the fleet.” Two years later, on March 20, 1922, the former USS Jupiter (Collier #3) recommissioned as...
17 March 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Dakar, Senegal for OE22 Closing Ceremony DAKAR, Senegal - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Dakar, Senegal following their participation in Exercise Obangame Express 2022 (OE22), Mar. 17. ...
17 March 2022 U.S., Japan, Australia Conduct Trilateral Naval Training in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in the South China Sea for multinational training which concluded March 15...
16 March 2022 Civil Engineer Corps Officers School Basic Class 272 Trains in Simulated Field Exercise POINT MUGU, Calif. -- Sixty-four U.S. Navy Engineer Corps Officers School (CECOS) Basic Class 272 students completed the expeditionary phase of their civil engineer corps (CEC) training with a field training exercise (FTX) March 11...
16 March 2022 Midshipmen Show Growing Interest in Littoral Combat Ship Pipeline NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. – Newly commissioned naval officers have their pick of the litter, or more accurately the fleet, when it comes to their first platform. Several Midshipmen from the Jacksonville University (JU) NJORTC took an in depth look at the training they would receive should they...