21 March 2021 Group Arabian Sea Warfare Exercise 21 Underway in U.S. 5th Fleet ARABIAN SEA - France, Belgium, Japan and the U.S. are participating in Group Arabian Sea Warfare Exercise (GASWEX) 21, a multilateral maritime exercise in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman...
20 March 2021 Ships of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Enter the Black Sea The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) entered the Black Sea on March 20, 2021 and was joined today by the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) on a routine patrol to maintain maritime security alongside other NATO Allies and partners...
19 March 2021 Winston S. Churchill Returns to Homeport after 9-month Deployment The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) returned to homeport in Naval Station Norfolk March 19, after nearly nine months deployed in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation...
19 March 2021 Winston S. Churchill Returns to Homeport after 9-month Deployment NORFOLK, Va. - The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) returned to homeport in Naval Station Norfolk March 19, after nearly nine months deployed in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation...
18 March 2021 Egyptian ENS Sharm El-Sheikh, USS Somerset Perform Passing Exercise RED SEA - The Egyptian guided-missile frigate ENS Sharm El-Sheikh (FFG 901) and U.S. amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX), March 14...
16 March 2021 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group conducts Live-Fire Exercise INDIAN OCEAN - The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) conducted a live-fire exercise in the Indian Ocean March 12...
15 March 2021 Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Discusses Quantum Reform of the Metric System MONTEREY, Calif. - Nobel Prize recipient Dr. William Phillips, a pioneer of atomic timekeeping used by the Navy, spoke virtually to Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students, faculty and staff on the topic of “Quantum Reform of the Metric System” and how the frontiers of metrology are important to...
15 March 2021 VP-46 Coordinated Operations in the Black Sea BLACK SEA - Operating alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) and USS Porter (DDG-78), two Turkish frigates, the TCG Orucreis (F-245) and TCG Turgutreis (F-241), and two Turkish F-16 fighters, the Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 “Grey Knights,” participated in...
09 March 2021 VP-46 Coordinated Operations in the Black Sea BLACK SEA - Operating alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) and USS Porter (DDG-78), two Turkish frigates, the TCG Orucreis (F-245) and TCG Turgutreis (F-241), and two Turkish F-16 fighters, the Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 “Grey Knights,” participated in...
08 March 2021 Training Squadron 4 SAU Holds Change of Command at NAS Pensacola The “Warbucks” of Training Squadron (VT) 4 SAU held a change-of-command ceremony at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, March 5. Cmdr. Melissa “FASM” Dillard relieved Cmdr. Sara “SUMAT” Taylor as commanding officer during a ceremony held at the National Naval Aviation Museum on base...