10 November 2015 CTG 56.1 Dives with Bahrain Coast Guard Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1 conducted a scuba diving subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) with divers from the Bahrain Coast Guard (BCG) at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Oct. 26-28...
05 November 2015 Mount Whitney Returns to Lisbon LISBON, Portugal - The U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) returned to Lisbon, Portugal after a successful underway and embarkation of Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO personnel, Nov. 4, 2015...
05 November 2015 USS George Washington Navigates Strait of Magellan The Aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) transited the Strait of Magellan Oct. 31 - Nov. 2, completing the Pacific Ocean portion of their Southern Seas 2015 deployment...
05 November 2015 NBSD Hosts Resilient Workforce Summit Naval Base San Diego hosted the Fiscal Year 2016 Resilient Workforce Summit (RWS) at the Anchors Catering and Conference Center and Training Support Center Auditorium, Nov. 3-4...
29 October 2015 US, ROK Air Defense Exercise Strengthens Naval Partnership The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) conducted air defense exercises (ADEX), Oct. 26-29, during bilateral training off the east coast of the Korean peninsula...
29 October 2015 US/CHINA CNO Discussion Readout Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson participated in a video teleconference, Oct. 29, with his Chinese counterpart, People's Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA(N)) Commander Adm. Wu Shengli to discuss ongoing engagements between the two navies and recent operations in the South China Sea...
15 October 2015 Charting a New Course: Celestial Navigation Returns to USNA Picture this: A naval vessel is navigating the high seas thousands of nautical miles from land. Suddenly all navigation systems become inoperable. What happens next? What does this mean?...
13 October 2015 IKE Puts Nulka Through First Test Phase The launchers were loaded, the engines were brought to maximum power, and a new generation of carrier defense was ushered in on the flight deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike), Sept. 29...
30 September 2015 Guam-Based Small Business Awarded $8.2 Million for Maintenance Dredging Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianasawarded a $8.2 million firm-fixed-price contract to Reliable Builders Inc., a Guam-based small business, for maintenance dredging of various wharves at Apra Harbor on Naval Base Guam, Sept. 30...
25 September 2015 Navigation System Maintenance Technician Pilot Class Graduates The Navy's newest Navigation System Maintenance Technician (NSMT) course graduated its first pilot class after completing a 13-week training course, Sept. 11...