18 June 2020 Rota Rocks: Spreading Smiles Throughout the Community Similar to people around the world, 2020 has been a challenging year for personnel stationed at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota. The community - both on-base and off-base - spent six-plus weeks inside their homes during Spain's State of...
18 June 2020 USS Theodore Roosevelt Aviators Eject Safely at Sea Two aviators safely ejected and were quickly recovered by a helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8 aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while conducting routine flight operations in the Philippine Sea...
18 June 2020 Blended Retirement System CY 2021 Continuation Pay Announced The Navy has released the calendar year 2021 Blended Retirement System continuation pay rates...
18 June 2020 On the Shoulders of Giants: Diego Garcia Celebrates 122 Years of the Navy Corpsman Diego Garcia Celebrates 122 Years of the Navy Corpsman...
18 June 2020 Expeditionary Strike Group Three Virtually Hosts Follow-On Shore Power Training While pier side, connecting shore-power cables provide ships with electrical power while the ships power generating systems are shut down. This training is usually conducted annually, and delivered face-to-face, but due to the inherent risks of handling ship-to-shore power connections, a...
18 June 2020 NAVFAC, Seabees Crush COVID-19 With 'Can Do' Mentality Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific, in partnership with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 Seabees worked together to overcome COVID-19 by performing innovative virtual site visits on Tinian...
18 June 2020 NAVFAC Southwest Hosts Virtual Hiring Fair for Civilian Positions NAVFAC Southwest will host a digital hiring fair, June 26 through 27 online, to seek out positions to be filled at Naval Base Ventura County...
18 June 2020 Naval Medical Research Contributing to COVID-19 Fight In early March, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio (NAMRU-SA) joined the fight against COVID-19 and future pandemic viruses by contributing knowledge from relevant studies and providing backup medical support at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)...
17 June 2020 NDW School Liaison Officers Help Parents Navigate Changing Educational Landscape Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Naval District Washington's (NDW) school liaison officers (SLO) have worked to get parents the latest information on their children's education...
17 June 2020 USS Halsey Assists Distressed Mariner The Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) assisted a fishing vessel in distress while operating in the U.S. Fourth Fleet area of operations, June 16...