04 July 2020 USS McCampbell Departs Yokosuka, Celebrates Success while Forward-Deployed USS McCampbell (DDG 85) departed the U.S. Seventh Fleet area of operations July 9, 2020, following 13 years of service forward-deployed to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan...
03 July 2020 USS Constitution to Host Facebook Live July 4 Celebration, Fire 21 Gun Salute To safely celebrate Independence Day during the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, USS Constitution is scheduled to host a series of presentations on July 4, using Facebook Live...
03 July 2020 USS Sterett's Road To 7th Fleet: Maintenance, Training Set Destroyer Up for Success Two years of training and maintenance prepared the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) to deploy with Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts...
02 July 2020 USS Fitzgerald Arrives at San Diego Homeport The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) arrived at its homeport in San Diego, July 02, following more than two years of restoration and modernization after the warship was damaged during a collision in 2017.Throughout the restoration period, the U.S. Navy made it...
02 July 2020 SUBFOR Announces 2019 Junior Officers of the Year Commander, Submarine Forces announced the winners of the 2019 Junior Officer of the Year (JOOY) competition and held a video teleconference with the group, July 2...
02 July 2020 NIWC Atlantic Leverages 3D Printing Capabilities to Create PPE As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic shifted into high gear to support relief efforts...
02 July 2020 Pyle Receives Second Star in Frocking Ceremony Admiral Christopher W. Grady, U.S. Fleet Forces commander, promotes Rear Admiral Fred I. Pyle in a frocking ceremony at Navy Warfare Development Command. The promotion of Pyle, NWDC commander, will be effective August 1, 2020...
02 July 2020 Trans-Atlantic Leaders Gather for Fourth Battle of the Atlantic Tabletop Exercise Joint Force Command Norfolk (JFCNF), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) newest operational level warfighting headquarters, in partnership with U.S. 2nd Fleet, held the Fourth Battle of the Atlantic tabletop exercise (TTX) virtually for leaders from multinational commands...
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...