18 September 2023 Research Squadron VXS-1 Mobilizes Quickly to Track Hurricane Idalia PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1 mobilized a crew for a NP-3C Orion operation with less than 24 hours’ notice to airdrop 18 SOFAR Spotter buoys in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of Hurricane Idalia on Monday, August 28...
18 September 2023 SECNAV Names Ship After American Abolitionist, Social Activist Harriet Tubman CHURCH CREEK, Md. - Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today that he named a U.S. Navy ship after American abolitionist and social activist Harriet Tubman, Sept. 17...
16 September 2023 USS San Jacinto (CG-56) Decommissions, Honoring 35 Years of Service NORFOLK, Va. – USS San Jacinto (CG-56) honored more than three decades of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 15...
15 September 2023 Pacific Partnership 2023 Concludes Third Stop in Malaysia KUANTAN, Malaysia – Pacific Partnership 2023 has concluded its mission stop in Kuantan during a closing ceremony hosted aboard the Harpers-Ferry class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor, Sept. 15...
14 September 2023 NPS Advances Energy Resilience, Sustainability Through Microgrid Research Over the past five years, a multidisciplinary team of Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) faculty has been supporting the development of an energy renaissance of sorts with the potential to redefine what it means to be energy resilient. At the same time, the team is directly supporting the advancement...
14 September 2023 Navy Wounded Warrior Hosts Online Esports Tournament to Support Rehabilitation and Community-Building Navy Wounded Warrior is offering a new way for the seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen currently enrolled in Navy Wounded Warrior to connect via its first online esports tournament on September 30 at 1400 ET with a 2v2 Tournament featuring Rocket League...
13 September 2023 USNS Burlington Arrives in St. George’s Grenada ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada- The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) arrived in St. George’s, Grenada on Sept. 12, 2023, marking the fourth and final stop of the Continuing Promise 2023 mission. The Burlington was previously in Port of Spain, Trinidad...
13 September 2023 Pacific Partnership 2023 Arrives in Samoa APIA, Samoa – USS Jackson (LCS 6) has arrived in Apia, Samoa in support of Pacific Partnership, the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Pacific, Sept. 13...
13 September 2023 Naval Postgraduate School Expands Educational Reach with New Hawaii Campus MONTEREY, Calif. — The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) celebrated a significant milestone on Sept. 8 with the establishment of an NPS branch campus at Pearl Harbor...
12 September 2023 Virtual Flag integrates warfighters for joint operations in INDOPACOM AOR The Distributed Mission Operations Center located at Kirtland Air Force Base, hosted its joint Virtual Flag exercise Aug. 25-29, 2023...