11 January 2024 Naval Reactors Conducts Change of Command WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC - The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a joint Department of Navy and Department of Energy organization responsible for all aspects of the Navy’s nuclear propulsion, held a change of command Jan. 10. Adm. Bill Houston relieved Adm. Frank Caldwell as Director,...
28 December 2023 Submarine Force Conducts Change of Command NORFOLK, Va. -- Vice Adm. Robert Gaucher relieved Vice Adm. William Houston as Commander, Submarine Forces/Submarine Force Atlantic during a change of command ceremony held onboard Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 28, 2023...
21 December 2023 USS Washington Returns from Deployment NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Washington (SSN 787) returned to its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk after successfully completing a scheduled deployment, Dec. 15, 2023...
20 December 2023 USS Colorado Returns from Deployment GROTON, Connecticut – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Colorado (SSN 788), under the command of Cmdr. David Beam, returned to Naval Submarine Base New London on Tuesday, December 19, after completing a six-month deployment to the European area of operations...
30 October 2023 Second Cadre of Royal Australian Navy Officers Graduate from Nuclear Power School while First Enlisted Sailors Enter A further three Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Officers graduated the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Power School (NPS), Oct. 27, marking continued progress in Australia’s goal to operate conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs).This second cohort of RAN Officers started NPS in April 2023, and...
27 October 2023 NIWC Pacific: Its Inevitability, Legacy, and Future SAN DIEGO — Usually, news stories from Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific tell about a person, a team, a breakthrough, or a vision. This one is different: it’s about thousands of people, thousands of breakthroughs, countless visions, and how each moved through time and space...
23 October 2023 US, ROK Conduct Exercise Silent Shark NAVAL BASE GUAM — The U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) navies completed the biennial combined theater anti-submarine warfare exercise Silent Shark in the vicinity of Guam, Oct. 22...
18 October 2023 Navy Commissions USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) GROTON, Conn. - The Navy commissioned the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) in a traditional ceremony held October 14, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut...
13 October 2023 Navy to Commission Submarine Hyman G. Rickover GROTON, Conn. - The Navy will commission the newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the future USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795), during a 10 a.m. EST ceremony Saturday, Oct. 14, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut...
02 October 2023 2023 Stockdale Leadership Award Recipients Announced The Navy announced Cmdr. David B. Burke, from U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and Cmdr. Jeffrey C. Fassbender, from U.S. Pacific Fleet, as the 2023 recipients of the Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for inspirational leadership, Oct. 2...