01 May 2020 Fleet Activities Yokosuka Call Center Serves Thousands YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 30, 2020) - In response to COVID-19, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) created the CFAY Community Information and Resource Call Center (CIRCC), a call center that assists the CFAY community in receiving information related to base-wide business hours,...
01 May 2020 Rebuilding the Super Hornet Fleet; Naval Aviation Maintenance Center for Excellence Helps Improve Readiness After more than eight years of dormancy on the flight line , F/A-18F Super Hornet Bureau Number (BuNo) 166464 returned to operational fleet service 19 April with a functional check flight...
30 April 2020 US Navy Awards Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) Contract Navy awarded a contract to design and produce the next generation small surface combatant, the Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) today...
30 April 2020 USNS Mercy's First Pacemaker Surgery a Success Surgeons performed hospital ship USNS Mercy's (T-AH 19) first-ever pacemaker replacement surgery, April 29...
30 April 2020 Jacksonville-Based Unmanned Patrol Squadron Changes Commanders VUP-19 Changes Commanders...
30 April 2020 NEXConnect Keeps Internet 'Light' On for Navy Community When social distancing became the norm due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NEXCOM's NEXConnect Telecommunications Program began working around the clock to ensure Sailors and military families have wireless Internet access on base and in port for all their personal internet needs...
30 April 2020 Undersea Warfare Center Partners With University of Alaska for COVID-19 Preparation NUWC Keyport has begun a partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks to help Alaska prepare for a possible surge in cases of the Coronavirus...
30 April 2020 Blue Angels, Thunderbirds to Salute Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, Georgia COVID-19 Responders The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, will honor frontline COVID-19 responders and essential workers with formation flights over Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Atlanta May 2...
30 April 2020 Naval Hospital Jacksonville and Navy Medical Readiness & Training Command Jacksonville win CNO Safety Award Naval Hospital Jacksonville and Navy Medical Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville won the Chief of Naval Operation's Award for Achievement in Ashore Safety (large non-industrial command) for Fiscal Year 2019...
30 April 2020 USNS Comfort Departs NYC Prepared for Future Tasking; Military Relief Efforts Continue The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed New York City today, April 30, after supporting the Department of Defense's COVID-19 response efforts to New York and New Jersey residents during the coronavirus outbreak...