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)...
30 March 2015 Gettysburg Sailor Becomes First Enlisted to Graduate from New Surface Navigator Course A quartermaster assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) became the first enlisted Sailor to graduate from the new Surface Navigator Course at the Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS) Command in Newport, Rhode Island, March 20...
19 March 2015 New 3D-Simulator Generates Training, Expertise on Subs A new diesel generator simulator has been delivered to Pearl Harbor naval facilities by the TechSolutions program at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), officials at ONR announced March 18...
11 March 2015 eDIVO Mobile App for U.S. Navy DIVOs and CPOs Now Available The Navy launched a new app March 11 named eDIVO, designed to provide junior officers and chief petty officers with quick access to information and resources all conveniently located within one mobile application...