15 July 2020 U.S. Navy Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli Joins the Fleet The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Tripoli (LHA 7), today, July 15, 2020...
15 July 2020 Navy to Disestablish FTS Culinary Specialist Rating The Navy will disestablish the Culinary Specialist (CS) rating in the Reserve Full-Time Support (FTS) community and will offer affected Sailors a variety of options for continued service under a rebalancing initiative underway within the FTS community...
15 July 2020 Adaptability and Resilience: EMF-M's Historic Stateside Deployment Supporting COVID-19 On March 30, 2020, EMF-M answered the nation's call and did what no expeditionary hospital had done previously-deploy to five stateside locations simultaneously, in support of a pandemic response...
15 July 2020 Navy College Virtual Education Center Marks 10-year Anniversary During July 2020, the Navy College Virtual Education Center (NCVEC) marked its 10-year anniversary of assisting Sailors with virtual education counseling and tuition assistance support all over the world...
15 July 2020 Ford Sailors Celebrate Birthday of Ship's Namesake Sailors aboard the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), paused to reflect on the legacy of the ship's namesake, the 38th President of the United States, the honorable Gerald R. Ford Jr., on his birthday July 14 as the ship got underway for her fourth Independent...
15 July 2020 NRL, BSEE Advance Technology Readiness of Low-Emission Burner System NRL engineers and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) advance a low-emission burner system to clean up emulsified crude oil, including fuel spills from old ships, reducing the Navy's carbon footprint...
14 July 2020 USS New Orleans Changes Command Capt. P. Scott Miller relinquished command of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) to Capt. Brian Schrum during a ceremony in the ship's well deck, July 14.Miller departed after leading New Orleans from the U.S. 3rd Fleet in San...
14 July 2020 Navy Civilian Awarded for Providing Stability to Sailors, Families Somalia Allen, personal finance manager at Naval Base Kitsap's Fleet and Family Support Center, was born in Guam and first came to Washington State following her dad's permanent change of station...
14 July 2020 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 Steadfast for 9 Months on Indo-Pacific Deployment Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5's originally planned six-month deployment was extended due to COVID-19, and the U.S. Navy Seabees continue to press on in the Indo-Pacific region...
14 July 2020 Navy Awards Contact for Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle Prototype The Navy on July 13, 2020 awarded a $34,999,948 to L3 Technologies, Inc. for the development of a single Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) prototype, with options to procure up to eight additional MUSVs. The award follows a full and open competitive procurement process...