02 July 2020 Leave and Liberty now Exempt from COVID Travel Restrictions Effective immediately, leave and liberty outside the local area of your command is exempt from ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper approved the leave exemption for all military on June 29. The Navy's rules for implementation came in NAVADMIN 189/20 on July 2...
02 July 2020 VP-16 Welcomes U.S. Ambassador to Iceland The U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, Jeffrey Ross Gunter, joined Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 onboard Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, to discuss the role of the squadron in northern European theater, June 23, 2020.Gunter reiterated his adamant support of the squadron's mission...
02 July 2020 USS McCampbell Returns to U.S. for Modernization The guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) departed Yokosuka, Japan, July 2, for Portland, Oregon, to complete a scheduled a 17-month Depot Modernization Period (DMP)...
02 July 2020 AIRLANT Visits Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility Virginia Capes AIRLANT Visits FACSFAC VACAPES...
02 July 2020 VAW-124 Aviators Teaming with U.S. Coast Guard to Safeguard Mariners VAW-124 Aviators Teaming with U.S. Coast Guard to Safeguard Mariners...
02 July 2020 Navy Teams with San Diego for Modern NAVWAR Facilities To keep NAVWAR ready to meet its critical, high-tech, cybersecurity mission, the Navy is working to create a state-of-the-art facility in support the command's diverse, high-priority mission and rapidly growing requirements...
02 July 2020 First Virtual Small Business and Industry Outreach Initiative a Success Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic recently participated in the Charleston Defense Contractors Association's (CDCA) first Virtual Small Business and Industry Outreach Initiative (SBIOI) Symposium, which was attended by more than 350 members from the defense sector...
01 July 2020 Oklahoma Native selected as Future Virginia-Class Submarine Sponsor The Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced Ms. Mary "Molly" Slavonic as the sponsor for the next Virginia-class Nuclear Fast Attack Submarine USS Oklahoma (SSN 802)...
01 July 2020 Sailor Saves Lives on Land "Ship, Shipmate, Self." This is a well-known phrase used throughout the Navy. It teaches Sailors in times of casualty or emergency that you use all the training provided to you, to save your ship. Once you have prevented further damage to your ship you focus on your shipmates,...
01 July 2020 Mount Whitney Returns to Gaeta After Successful BALTOPS 2020 The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) returned to its forward-deployed location of Gaeta, Italy, July 1, following a six-week underway period in support of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2020 in the Baltic Sea...