03 October 2022 FRCE Marks Maintenance Firsts with V-22 Repairs Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) is gearing up to return an MV-22 Osprey to the fleet after conducting a wing-off stow ring replacement on the aircraft, the first completion of this procedure by a Naval Aviation depot. In another inaugural depot-level repair, FRCE artisans tackled corrosion on the...
03 October 2022 Aircrew Receive New Training Devices to Improve Capability, Readiness PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges program office recently delivered the first fully capable Naval Aircrewman Training Systems (NATS) and Marine Common Aircrew Trainers (MCAT) to the fleet...
03 October 2022 First Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Facility Opens PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The Navy opened a new facility July 27 at Joint Expeditionary Base (JEB) Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia, that’s dedicated to training Sailors who will operate the service’s Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FoSUAS)...
03 October 2022 BAMS-D Unmanned Aircraft Returns After Long Deployment PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator (BAMS-D) returned June 17 from Fifth Fleet to its home base at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, marking the end of a 13-year deployment that was originally intended to be just six months...
03 October 2022 Marine Attack Squadron 214 Transitions to the F-35B MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. - Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), conducted a re-designation ceremony March 25 at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona...
30 September 2022 Cost of Living Increases in 2022 BAH Starts Oct. 1 for Sailors in Certain Locations Six Navy locations are part of 28 military housing areas identified by the DOD where the cost of rental housing has increased by an average of 20 percent recently, making it especially challenging for service members and their families in these Military Housing Areas (MHA) to find affordable housing...
29 September 2022 Tracking Super Typhoon Hinnamnor PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) was in the spotlight earlier this month as the first west Pacific super typhoon of the year, 12W (Hinnamnor) brought wide ranging impacts to the Department of Defense and other U.S. Government agencies operating throughout the region,...
19 September 2022 Get Your Nominations in Now for the Navy’s Language Program Awards! The Navy is accepting nominations for the fiscal year 2022 Language Professional of the Year (LPOY), Command Language Program of the Year (CLPOY) and Linguist of the Year (LOY) awards...
15 September 2022 NAVSUP Global Distance Support Center employees participate in ‘Face to the Fleet’ onboard USS Carl Vinson CORONADO, Calif. - Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Global Distance Support Center (GDSC) customer service representatives (CSR) visited the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) for a ‘Face to the Fleet’ tour in Coronado, California. Sept. 14...
13 September 2022 Back to School: Not Just for Kids Says NAVSAFENVTRACEN NORFOLK, Va. - The Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center (NAVSAFENVTRACEN) has more courses available, and hopes to fill seats both virtually and in-person to accommodate the needs of the Navy and Marine Corps...