02 March 2020 MPFEX 20's Dark Horse Sailors Prove Invaluable The Reservists of Naval Beach Group 2 were crucial to mission success during Maritime Prepositioning Exercise (MPFEX) 20, which took place in Northern Florida, February 2020...
02 March 2020 Training to Win Like many other military athletes, Lt. j.g. Tilman Dunbar, an engineering officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), has been playing basketball so long it's almost a way of life. He trains every day, on and off the court, for that next win. Every time he dons...
02 March 2020 USS McFaul Departs Mobile Following Mardi Gras The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) departed Mobile, Ala., Feb. 26, following a port visit to celebrate Mardi Gras with the community...
02 March 2020 SWO Couple Signs For Department Head Together Two surface warfare officers signed a Department Head Retention Bonus contract on Feb. 29 onboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in Duqm, Oman...
02 March 2020 CFAY Hosts Inaugural Guardians Challenge Competition Members from Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka's (CFAY) security department hosted the inaugural Guardians Challenge Competition, a joint force competition to test the capability and skills of U.S. Forces Japan military police, Feb. 28...
02 March 2020 Commander CSG 15 Observes Surface Warfare Training Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 15, visited the Surface Warfare Schools Command (SWSC) at Naval Station Newport, Feb. 26...
02 March 2020 NAVFAC Pacific Awards Base Operating Support Services Contract for Work on Guam Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $60 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to add and exercise a 6-month option period to DZSP 21, LLC of Marlton, N.J., Feb. 27 for base operating support (BOS) services at Joint Region Marianas...
02 March 2020 Marines and 7th Fleet Join to Discuss Naval Integration The focus of naval integration is to ensure the Navy and Marine Corps are aligned with the National Defense Strategy, which requires shifting from traditional power projection to meeting the new challenges associated with maintaining a persistent naval forward presence...
28 February 2020 Building 629A Closure: End of an Era for Generations of Navy Linguists As the sun set on the Presidio of Monterey on Nov. 8, 2019, the sound of evening colors echoed through the trees, into barracks rooms, over the language schools, and out to sea, just as it did every night. But this evening was different. After almost 50 years as the center of gravity for the...
28 February 2020 Watch Officer Course Trains Allies at Surface Warfare Officer School The International Combat Information Center (CIC) Watch Officer course is one of four international courses offered by the Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS) at Naval Station Newport, with the latest group of students that graduated Feb. 28...