12 May 2015 Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Personnel Share Love of Science at NOLA Fleet Week The threat of rain couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of Sailors from the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command as they shared their love of science, technology and the Navy with visitors to Fleet Week New Orleans on April 25...
04 May 2015 Mount Whitney Leaves Dry Dock Staging Area The U.S. 6th Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) departed the Viktor Lenac dry dock staging area in Rijeka, Croatia, April 30 for the first time since staging began Jan. 15, 2015...
25 April 2015 USS Theodore Roosevelt Returns to Arabian Gulf The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)escorted by USS Normandy (CG 60), transited the Strait of Hormuz from its station in the Arabian Sea to the Arabian Gulf April 24, to rejoin other U.S. and coalition forces supporting Operation Inherent Resolve...
23 April 2015 USS Russell Hosts Deputy Assistant Secretary of State The officers and crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) provided a ship's tour and brief on the Navy's important role in ballistic missile defense (BMD) to a high ranking U.S. State Department official, April 17...
22 April 2015 X-47B First to Complete Autonomous Aerial Refueling The X-47B successfully conducted the first ever Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) of an unmanned aircraft April 22, completing the final test objective under the Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System demonstration program...
17 April 2015 FRV Coveralls Coming to Submarine Force Flame resistant variant (FRV) coveralls will be issued to the crews of all Navy submarines in 2015, beginning with USS Montpelier (SSN 765), which was selected to wear test the uniform prior to distribution across the submarine force...
10 April 2015 Republic of Korea Sailor Embarks Aboard USS Chief for Foal Eagle Republic of Korea (ROK) Lt. j.g. Gyeong Min Lee, operations officer of ROK Ship Hae Nam (MSH 573), embarked aboard mine countermeasures ship USS Chief (MCM 14) to further cooperation between the U.S. and ROK navies during Exercise Foal Eagle, April 5-11...
09 April 2015 USS Kauffman, US Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy Team Seizes Narcotics With the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy, USS Kauffman (FFG 59) seized 1,017 kilograms of cocaine and detained eight crew members of a suspected narcotic-trafficking vessel in international waters in the Western Caribbean, Feb. 28...
08 April 2015 Navy Lawyer Supports DESRON 26 for Joint Warrior After she finished law school eight years ago, Lt. Nancy Pham sought and earned her commission in the Navy Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps...
01 April 2015 Sailor Becomes First Enlisted Officer of the Deck Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Peter Whitaker made history March 20 when he became the first enlisted crew member to be qualified as underway officer of the deck (OOD) aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24)...