Rear Adm. Tom Anderson relieved Rear Adm. Bill Galinis as Program Executive Officer, Ships at the Washington Navy Yard May 22. The transition took place without formal ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbus (SSN 762) conducted a change of command, May 22.Cmdr. Jonathan Ahlstrom relieved Cmdr. Peter French as commanding officer of Columbus, which is homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is currently in overhaul in Newport News, Virginia...

NAVFAC Southwest awarded a $30 million Capital Improvements Architect-Engineer (AE) IDIQ contract, May 14 in San Diego, for cost engineering, value engineering and scheduling services at various Navy, Marine Corps, and government facilities in NAVFAC Southwest's Area of Responsibility (AOR)...

The Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center (NETPDC) announced May 21 the selection of Jay Gulley as Senior Civilian of the Quarter (COQ) and Sharlene Gray as Junior COQ for the first quarter, calendar year 2020.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NETPDC...

A limited duty officer and a LDO select explain the value of mentorship...

A group of Sailors aboard USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) created the Kearsarge Cares program to make a good first impression on newly arriving Sailors who must ROM for two weeks before reporting to the command...

Seven Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) qualified as Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Warfare Tactics Instructors and joined the growing base of top tacticians in the Surface Fleet during a graduation ceremony at Aegis Training and Readiness Center in Dahlgren, Va., on May 21, 2020...

In the same way a computer became a core component to almost every defense function, making basic cyber skills core knowledge, leaders are now realizing that a fundamental understanding of robotics and unmanned systems can no longer be the domain of specialists...

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided challenges on many levels from how we work, to how we socialize or exercise, to how we educate our children...

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) collaborated with the City of Portsmouth and Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads Portsmouth to observe Memorial Day in honor of the fallen May 25...