28 June 2024 RIMPAC 2024 Kicks Off in Hawaii HONOLULU, Hawaii - The opening ceremony and press conference kicked off the 29th edition of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the world's largest international maritime exercise, today...
28 June 2024 Israeli Defense Force Deputy Chief Visits USS Carney NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. – Guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) welcomed an Israeli general and U.S. Central Command’s deputy commander during a pierside ship visit at Naval Station Mayport in Florida, June 25. ...
27 June 2024 USS Wasp Transits Through the Strait of Gibraltar STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR — The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG) and embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea, June 26...
27 June 2024 —TRILATERAL STATEMENT— First Execution of Multi-Domain Japan - ROK - U.S. Exercise FREEDOM EDGE Japan, the Republic of Korea, and United States began the inaugural execution of exercise Freedom Edge, a trilateral multi-domain exercise, June 27-29, 2024...
27 June 2024 USS Blue Ridge Returns to Manila After Five Years MANILA, Philippines — U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Manila, Republic of the Philippines on June 18, 2024 for the ship’s first visit to the capital since March 2019...
27 June 2024 Strategic Systems Programs Promotes Workforce Modernization at Nuclear Triad Symposium SHREVEPORT, La. – Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) represented the Navy’s leg of the nuclear triad during the 25th Annual Nuclear Triad Symposium held on the Louisiana State University (LSU) Shreveport campus June 20th. ...
26 June 2024 NRL CCOR Launches on the GOES-U NOAA Satellite To Monitor Space Weather The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Compact Coronagraph (CCOR) was launched June 25, on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) from NASA – Kennedy Space Center to detect and characterize coronal mass...
26 June 2024 Enhancing Force Health Protection: NECE and Rattlesnake Conservancy Conduct Venomous Snake Handling Training at Naval Air Station Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) in partnership with the Rattlesnake Conservancy held a venomous snake handling training course aboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville, June 5-7...
26 June 2024 George Washington, Peru Conduct Bilateral Exercises LIMA, Peru — Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) conducted bilateral engagements between the U.S. and Peruvian navies as a part of Southern Seas 2024 deployment from June 19-24...
26 June 2024 Global TransPark Breaks Ground On Facility Slated For Incoming FRCE Workload MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. -- Leaders and stakeholders from Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) and the North Carolina Global TransPark gathered at the Kinston facility June 25 to celebrate breaking ground for a new aviation maintenance complex set to house the depot’s incoming...