31 May 2022 The TOPGUN Legacy: Making Mavericks with Capt. Brian Ferguson Capt. Brian “Ferg” Ferguson has spent a significant portion of his career involved with air-to-air combat training exercises like the one described above. Ferguson attended the Adversary Instructor Course at the Navy Fighter Weapons School, also known as TOPGUN. He also commanded the Fighting Saints...
31 May 2022 USS Billings (LCS 15) Continues Deployment to U.S. 4th Fleet PONCE, Puerto Rico - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) departed Ponce, Puerto Rico May 27, continuing its deployment in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations...
27 May 2022 BALTOPS 22 to kick off in June NAPLES, Italy - Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 22, the 51st iteration of the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, takes place from June 5-17...
24 May 2022 Benvenuto! CSG-10 welcomes Italian Navy Destroyer NAVAL STATION NORFOLK – Italian Navy destroyer ITS Caio Duilio (D 554) arrived here today in advance of its participation in Carrier Strike Group 10’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX)...
20 May 2022 World War II Merchant Mariners Honored with Congressional Gold Medal WASHINGTON — Merchant Mariners, elected officials and senior military leaders gathered at the U.S. Capital in Washington D.C. for the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring Merchant Mariners of World War II, May 18...
20 May 2022 Navy, Marines Integrate Training to Prepare for High-End Fight DAHLGREN, Va. - Maj. Diogenes Rosa-Garcia, USMC, is the first Marine to complete courses of instruction at Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC) onboard Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren and graduate as an Integrated Air and Missile Defense...
18 May 2022 WWII Sailor to be laid to rest in Fresno after 80 years NAVAL AIR STATION LEMOORE, Calif. - After 80 years, USS Oklahoma Sailor Seaman 2nd Class Denver True “D.T.” Kyser will be laid to rest on Saturday, May 21, in Fresno, Calif...
16 May 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams BLUE MILCREW Begins Deployment The Blue military crew (MILCREW) of the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) and the ship’s Military Sealift Command Civilian Mariners (CIVMARs) departed Civitavecchia, Italy, to begin a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, May 14, 2022...
10 May 2022 Gold To Blue: USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Swaps Crew CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy - The forward-deployed Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) swapped crews after completing the ship’s fourth deployment through the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, May 9, 2022...
09 May 2022 I Am Navy Medicine – Lt. James E. Kirlin, Navy Nurse Corps Officer Watching the 9/11 terrorist attack unfold over 20 years ago brought a Casper, Wyoming native from the Rockies to Navy Nurse Corps ranks...