06 July 2021 Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Improvements Key to Undocking USS Pasadena June 26 PORTSMOUTH, Va. - USS Pasadena (SSN 752) project team’s commitment to “get real, get better” through several improvement initiatives directly contributed to undocking June 26 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY)...
30 June 2021 Preparing Physicians to Ensure Warfighter Medical Readiness PORTSMOUTH, Va. - For graduating medical interns who are going to their first operational assignments as General Medical Officers (GMOs), Flight Surgeons and Undersea Medical Officers, the range and breadth of medical procedures and knowledge they are expected to have mastered can be a bit daunting...
25 June 2021 Surface Line Week 2021 Concludes NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Surface Line Week 2021 came to a close after several days of spirited competition between different sea- and shore-based commands, June 25...
25 June 2021 SURFLANT Announces Surface Line Week Welding Competition Results NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) hosted Surface Line Week events from June 14-25, 2021. This year, a special emphasis was placed on self-sufficiency, as demonstrated at the welding competition on June 16...
25 June 2021 SURFLANT Stands up Collaborative Maintenance Operations Accelerator NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - In order to significantly accelerate pre-deployment material readiness, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT), stood up the Surface Maintenance Operations Center (S-MOC), June 16, in the command’s headquarters onboard Naval Station Norfolk...
25 June 2021 USS George Washington (CVN 73) Changes Command NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Capt. Brent Gaut relieved Capt. Kenneth Strong as commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a change of command ceremony, June 24...
24 June 2021 Vice Adm. Kitchener Visits Naval Station Norfolk, Addresses Commanding Officers NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Forces and Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, spoke to an auditorium full of commanding officers and executive officers from Hampton Roads-area ships during a command call at Naval Station Norfolk, June...
21 June 2021 USFFC Launches Senior Executive Advanced Leader Training Program NORFOLK, Va. - U.S. Fleet Forces Command hosted seven Navy Senior Executive Service (SES) leaders June 15 - 18 in Norfolk, Va., as part of the inaugural Senior Executive Advanced Leader Training (SALT) program...
18 June 2021 USFFC Hosts Senior Enlisted Executive Leadership Symposium NORFOLK, Va. - U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) hosted a Senior Enlisted Executive Leadership Symposium (ELS) on Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia, June 14-17...
17 June 2021 Navy Seeks to Unleash the Potential of Unmanned Systems The Department of the Navy (DoN) is producing an after-action review of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21 (IBP21), an exercise held April 19-26 in San Diego, California...