11 April 2024 Navy Medicine Conducts First Integrated ERCS and ERSS Training SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – You’re a Sailor or Marine protecting American interests and the freedoms of our partners and ally nations and you’re out conducting distributed maritime operations (DMO), and you’re miles from the nearest base or operations hub. Suddenly you find...
23 March 2024 USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) arrives in Algiers, Algeria Military Sealift Command (MSC) Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) arrived in Algiers, Algeria for a regularly scheduled port visit, March 22, 2024...
27 February 2024 MV Cape Horn Offload Sets Stage for Cobra Gold 24 SATTAHIP, Thailand - Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered ship MV Cape Horn (T-AKR 5068) continued its voyage through the Pacific and arrived at Sattahip, Thailand, to offload equipment in support of exercise Cobra Gold 2024 (CG24), Feb. 17-22...
26 February 2024 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Returns from Western Pacific Deployment SAN DIEGO - Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, returned to its homeport of Naval Air Station North Island, Feb. 23, following a four-month deployment to the Western Pacific...
09 February 2024 Philippines, US Partner in Maritime Cooperative Activity in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - The U.S. Navy and the Philippine Navy (PN) conducted the third iteration of the Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the South China Sea, reaffirming both nations’ commitment to bolstering regional security and stability, Feb. 9...
06 February 2024 Dr. Mike McGinnis Returns to Service as Navy Medicine Executive Director FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Dr. Mike McGinnis was sworn in as the new Navy Medicine Executive Director by Rear Adm. Darin Via, the Navy Surgeon General, on February 6, 2024. He is only the second Senior Executive Service (SES) civilian to serve in this role...
03 February 2024 USS Farragut Returns Home Following a Successful SOUTHCOM Deployment MAYPORT, Fla. – The Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) returned to U.S. Naval Station Mayport, Fla., Feb. 3, 2024, following the ship’s successful deployment under U.S. 4th Fleet to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility...
01 February 2024 Cooper Hands Over Command of U.S. 5th Fleet to Wikoff MANAMA, Bahrain — Vice Adm. Brad Cooper turned over command of Middle East naval forces to Vice Adm. George Wikoff during a change of command ceremony at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Feb. 1...
29 January 2024 FRCE hosts F-35 sustainment leader Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) hosted the military official responsible for F-35 sustainment and logistics Jan. 24 when Maj. Gen. Donald K. Carpenter, Director of the Lightning Sustainment Center for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Office, visited the depot. The engagement allowed...
18 December 2023 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installation, and Environment visits Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central NAPLES, Italy — The Honorable Brendan Owens, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment visited Naval Support Activity Naples (NSA Naples) and Naval Air Station Sigonella (NAS Sigonella) to meet with leaders and discuss critical base infrastructure...