27 September 2024 SIOP microgrid study by NAVFAC EXWC to enhance energy resilience, mission assurance at naval shipyards NAVFAC awarded a $3.7 million contract for an electrical microgrid study as part of the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program to assess public shipyards in the event of a power grid or utility outage...
27 September 2024 Stick The Landing: VT Aviators Complete Carrier Qualifications Aboard IKE Student naval aviators take part in carrier qualifications aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) off the coast of Florida...
26 September 2024 Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day honors mothers and families who have lost a child or loved one while serving in the armed forces...
26 September 2024 USS Preble Departs San Diego for Japan SAN DIEGO -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) departed San Diego Sept. 22, 2024, moving to Yokosuka, Japan, as part of a scheduled rotation of forward-deployed naval forces in the Pacific. This move is a permanent change of station for the crew and family...
25 September 2024 Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Deploys NORFOLK, Va. – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departed Naval Station Norfolk for a regularly scheduled deployment, Sept. 23...
25 September 2024 Joint Force Command Norfolk, U.S. Second Fleet Join 2024 Tri-Party in Halifax: Focuses on Arctic Defense and Homeland Security NORFOLK, Va. – Vice Adm. Doug Perry, Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet (C2F) and Joint Force Command Norfolk, joins leaders from the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area and Canadian Joint Task Force Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the 2024 Tri-Party Staff Talks...
24 September 2024 USS Leyte Gulf Decommissioned NORFOLK, Va. - The crew of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) held a decommissioning ceremony onboard Naval Station Norfolk on September 20th...
24 September 2024 NAVFAC Volunteers Help Develop Future Engineers as part of NAS Oceana Outdoor STEM Laboratory VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic (LANT) and Mid-Atlantic (MIDLANT) volunteers supported the Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana Air Show and Outdoor STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Laboratory, Sept. 20...
24 September 2024 Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center preps USS Antietam for decommissioning PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Members of the Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center (HRMC) at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) completed an inactivation availability Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare USS Antietam (CG 54) for the end of its active Navy service...
23 September 2024 Anderson Relieves Ishee as Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet NAPLES, Italy – Vice Adm. Jeffrey Anderson relieved Vice Adm. Thomas E. Ishee as Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet and Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) in a change of command ceremony held aboard the command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in...