17 September 2020 VFA-87 Changes Commanders during Airborne Ceremony Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 conducted an aerial change of command ceremony, Sept. 17, to signify the time honored naval tradition of transferring the responsibilities of command from one commander to another...
17 September 2020 NPS Launches Distance Learning Graduate Certificate in Great Power Competition The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is launching a new distance learning graduate certificate in Great Power Competition (GPC), with the first cohort starting in January of 2021. With applications from active duty Navy and Marine Corps Officers being accepted now through September 28, School of...
17 September 2020 Exercise Black Widow 2020 Kicks off in the Atlantic U.S. Navy aircraft, surface ships and submarines will participate in Exercise Black Widow 2020 in the North Atlantic Sept. 12-18...
17 September 2020 NATO’s New Command in the Atlantic Reaches Its First Operational Milestone NATO’s newest command, Joint Force Command Norfolk, has reached its initial operational capability (IOC) in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 17, 2020. In reaching IOC, the JFCNF commander has determined that the command is ready to take on initial tasking from NATO’s operational headquarters in...
17 September 2020 USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams Conducts Tracking Exercise With Royal Moroccan Navy The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) conducted a tracking exercise with the Royal Moroccan Navy in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 15, 2020...
16 September 2020 U.S. Navy Conducts Follow-on Joint Ops With NATO in Black Sea Following operations in the Adriatic Sea, U.S. Navy and NATO units again conducted a joint maritime and air training mission in the Black Sea, Sept. 15, 2020...
15 September 2020 Naval Aviation Community Adapts, Executes 'VHook ‘20' The Tailhook Association held its first virtual symposium this year, hosted from the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida, Sept. 11-12. Virtual Hook 2020, dubbed vHook ’20, featured leaders from around Naval Aviation participating in panels or giving presentations from the museum or...
15 September 2020 NAVWAR Discusses Revitalization Project at San Diego Economic Development Meeting Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Executive Director John Pope spoke at a San Diego Economic Development Corporation (EDC) meeting Sept. 4 where he emphasized the importance of the Navy Old Town Campus (OTC) Revitalization Project to NAVWAR’s high-tech mission and rapidly growing...
15 September 2020 Jordanian and U.S. Naval Forces Conduct Maritime Security Exercise Infinite Defender The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) and U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard forces are participating in the exercise Infinite Defender (ID) 20 from Sept. 1 to 10...
15 September 2020 Strengthening Partnerships: UK, U.S. Navies Conduct Mine Hunting and Countermeasures Exercise UK Royal Navy and U.S. Navy forces participated in a mine countermeasures (MCM) interoperability exercise in the Arabian Gulf Sept. 9-17...