15 May 2020 FY 19 Grampaw Pettibone Award Winners Announced Training Squadron (VT) 10 and Lt. Katherine Smisson of Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 121 are winners of the 2019 Grampaw Pettibone Award...
15 May 2020 Navy EOD and Dive Community Expands Tactical Human Performance Program Taking ideas and programs from top-tier professional sports teams, the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC) is implementing several changes this year to increase functional performance, resiliency and cognitive capability while decreasing injury and accelerating the physical...
15 May 2020 New Round of Navy-Funded Small Business Innovation Research Begins June 3 In its next round of Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) funding, the Navy will accept proposals from innovative startups and small businesses beginning June 3...
15 May 2020 Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force Passes Key Milestones The second week of May marked a number of noteworthy milestones for Naval Aviation and the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF)...
15 May 2020 VAW-120 Greyhawks Complete First Fleet Hawkeye/Rhino Aerial Refueling With CVW-1 The "Greyhawks" of Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 120 successfully conducted the first fleet aerial refueling dry-plug certification between an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and an F/A-18F Super Hornet - from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, May 11...
14 May 2020 Navy Signs Agreement for Live Fire Training Range, Watches Conservation Mandate The Department of the Navy (DON) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) virtually via video conference 14 May...
14 May 2020 EDP Highlight: Robert Jarman Code 361 Nuclear Zone Manager Robert Jarman is May's EDP Highlight. Also known affectionately as "Red Beard," Jarman was recently selected as one of the four candidates in Cadre 9 of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Executive Development Program (EDP)...
14 May 2020 Shipyard Spotlight: Chris Hicks Strategic Analysis and Compliance's (Code 510.2) Production Controller Chris Hicks is Norfolk Naval Shipyard's (NNSY) May Shipyard Spotlight...
14 May 2020 NAVFAC Southwest Managed Environmental Programs Earn NRSW SECNAV Environmental Awards The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) announced, April 20, the selection of Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake and Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Seal Beach as winners of the 2020 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Awards...
14 May 2020 Sailors on Destroyer USS Roosevelt Join in Arctic Circle Ceremony Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile Aegis destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) Sailors participated in a ceremony to become "Blue Nose" Sailors, May 3, 2020, days after the ship crossed into the Arctic Circle...