10 June 2024 24th MEU (SOC) Deploys Aviation Detachment to Sweden for BALTOPS 24 KALLINGE - The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) deployed a detachment of U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jets, MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, and personnel to Ronneby Airport in Kallinge, Sweden to conduct expeditionary advanced base flight operations in...
07 June 2024 U.S. Navy Celebrates Fifty Years of Engineering Duty Officer Education, Mission Excellence at Port Hueneme Schoolhouse PORT HUENEME, Calif. – The U.S. Navy Engineering Duty Officer (EDO) School celebrated 50 years of educating and training the Navy’s best and brightest acquisitions and engineering minds during a luncheon Thursday...
07 June 2024 Carrier Strike Group 1 Holds Change of Command SAN DIEGO – Rear Adm. Michael Wosje relieved Rear Adm. Carlos Sardiello as Commander, Carrier Strike Group 1 (CSG-1), during a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Air Station North Island, June 6...
07 June 2024 USNH Yokosuka Change of Command YOKOSUKA, Japan (June 7, 2024)— Capt. Torrin Velazquez relieved Captain T. Blair Hines as Commanding Officer, United States Navy Readiness and Training Command Center (USNMRTC) and Director, United States Naval Hospital (USNH) Yokosuka during a change of command ceremony held onboard...
06 June 2024 CNO and MCPON Conduct Visit to 5th and 6th Fleet to Highlight America’s Warfighting Navy Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti visited Türkiye, Bahrain, and Normandy, to meet with partner navies, government and military leaders, and Sailors, ahead of the 80th D-Day anniversary, June 2-6...
06 June 2024 USS Normandy (CG 60) Attends 80th D-Day Remembrance CHERBOURG, France — Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) arrived in Cherbourg, France June 3, 2024, to commemorate their namesake’s region while paying tribute to the 80th year of D-Day...
06 June 2024 USS Oak Hill Departs Brest, France BREST, France — The Harper’s Ferry-class amphibious landing dock USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) departed Brest, France after a scheduled four-day port visit, June 3, 2024...
05 June 2024 U.S. Sixth Fleet, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO to kick off BALTOPS 2024 KLAIPEDA, Lithuania — Twenty NATO Allies, more than 50 ships, more than 85 aircraft, and approximately 9,000 personnel kicked off the 53rd iteration of annual exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 24) today during the pre-sail conference kick-off event...
05 June 2024 U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa is Improving the Patient Experience with Modernization Through Innovation OKINAWA, Japan — The pharmacy at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO) recently added a fully automated ScriptCenter in the pharmacy lobby for beneficiaries in Okinawa. Capt. Kathleen Cooperman spoke during the ribbon-cutting to staff and patients in the waiting area about the importance of...
05 June 2024 Navy to Start Venting Red Hill Facility Tank 7, Air Quality Monitoring Continues JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — This week, Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill (NCTF-RH) continues to safely conduct tank ventilation and air quality monitoring operations at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF). ...