03 September 2024 Republic of Korea, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Conduct Exercise Ssang Yong 2024 Decisive Action POHANG, Republic of Korea – The Republic of Korea and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are conducting Exercise Ssang Yong 24 from August 26 to September 7 in the Pohang area of Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea, to strengthen the ROK-U.S. Alliance’s combat readiness and improve interoperability...
03 September 2024 Navy Week Returns to Albuquerque Navy Week is set to return to Albuquerque for a week of events Sept. 9-15, in conjunction with the New Mexico State Fair, following similar events in 2022...
03 September 2024 Navy’s First Contracted Robotics Warfare Specialist PHOENIX – Future Sailor (FS) Karla Torres-Casillas became the Navy’s first contracted Robotics Warfare (RW) Specialist after enlisting in the Navy at Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) Phoenix, Aug. 27, 2024...
02 September 2024 UNITAS LXV Begins VALPARAISO, Chile - Navy and Marine forces arrived in Valparaiso in support of UNITAS LXV (65), the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise in the world, which officially commenced September 2, 2024. The Chilean navy is hosting this year's UNITAS, which will...
02 September 2024 Centerton Native Supports Military Exercise NORTHERN VIKING in Iceland KEFLAVÍK AIR BASE, Iceland – Hospitalman Zachary Elliott joins U.S. Sailors and Marines for U.S.-led exercise NORTHERN VIKING 2024 (NV24) in Keflavik, Iceland, from Aug. 26 to Sept. 3, 2024...
01 September 2024 USS Laboon Returns Home from Deployment NORFOLK, Va. -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, from an independent deployment to the U.S. 2nd, 5th, and 6th fleet areas of operation, Sept. 1...
30 August 2024 Navy’s first contracted Robotics Warfare Specialist PHOENIX – Future Sailor (FS) Karla Torres-Casillas became the Navy’s first contracted Robotics Warfare (RW) Specialist after enlisting in the Navy at Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) Phoenix, Aug. 27, 2024.The RW rating became available for active duty contracts on Aug. 27,...
30 August 2024 ONR Program Officer Named AAAS Fellow for ‘Visionary Leadership’ For his “multi-decade visionary leadership role in setting and shepherding the research agenda in AI and computational neuroscience at the Office of Naval Research [ONR],” Dr. Tom McKenna recently was named a 2023 Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)...
29 August 2024 Harry S. Truman CSG Completes Joint Force’s Most Complex Training Event ATLANTIC OCEAN — The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG), also known as Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8, completed Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Aug. 23, 2024. ...
28 August 2024 NRL Expands Naval Research Horizons for USNA Midshipmen Interns WASHINGTON — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) concluded the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) summer internship program with a farewell tour for a group of USNA midshipmen who explored a wide range of projects, from materials science and information technology to oceanography and space science...