13 July 2021 Carrier Air Wing 3 Returns from 2021 Eisenhower Strike Group Deployment NORFOLK, Va. - The nine aircraft squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) returned to Naval Air Station Oceana, Naval Station Norfolk, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, and Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jul. 13 after their six-month deployment aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS...
13 July 2021 Junior Sailor, Lieutenant Tie in Shiphandling Competition NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - A junior Sailor tied with a lieutenant for top score in the shiphandling competition during the recent Surface Line Week 2021 competition...
12 July 2021 Military Sealift Command Far East Celebrates More than Seven Decades of Support SINGAPORE - Military Sealift Command Far East celebrated the MSC enterprise’s 72nd birthday on July 9...
12 July 2021 7th Fleet conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation On July 12, USS Benfold (DDG 65) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law...
12 July 2021 U.S. and Dominican Republic Strengthen Bonds SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) and the Dominican Republic Navy conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) July 10, following a three-day port visit to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...
11 July 2021 Breeze 2021 Kicks off In the Black Sea VARNA, Bulgaria - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) arrived in Varna, Bulgaria for exercise Breeze 2021, July 11, 2021...
09 July 2021 U.S., Allied Forces Conduct Exercise Pacific Vanguard 2021 Off Coast of Australia Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States met in the waters off the eastern coast of Australia to conduct cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard (PACVAN) 2021 beginning July 5...
08 July 2021 USS Billings Sailors Visit Namesake City Sailors assigned to the Freedom-variant, littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) visited their namesake city July 1-6 to take part in festive, Independence Day events and tour the scenic surroundings. ...
08 July 2021 ONR Global Welcomes New Leadership, Celebrates 80th Anniversary during Change of Command LONDON, U.K.—The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global welcomed new leadership during a change of command ceremony at the Admiralty House Garden in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, while also commemorating its 80th anniversary. Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin C. Selby officiated the ceremony,...
06 July 2021 Jacksonville University NROTC unit hosts Sea Trials 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As Midshipman 2nd Class Meredith Johnson stepped off of the bus and onto the Jacksonville University campus for the first time, a plethora of emotions flooded her body, the most prominent being excitement and fear...